facilitation

UK/fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/US/fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/

nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,673 of 15,258mostly written

Facilitation is the making of a process easier for those involved. Skilled facilitation.

A facilitator runs a meeting without taking a side, which is a different job from chairing one. Good facilitation is invisible, since the group feels it reached the answer itself.

Definitions of facilitation

1nounfacilitationThe making of a process easier for those involved.C1
“The facilitation was what made a two-day meeting bearable.”

facilitation is a making easier.

Where it comes from

Latin facilitas, ease, comes from facilis, easy, from facere, to do.

Latin
facilis
French
faciliter — facilitate
English
facilitate
English, today
facilitation

From facilitate + ion. Compare Latin facilitātiō. facilitate Anglicisation of French faciliter (“facilitate”) through -ate, ultimately from Latin facilis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

facilitation in the wild

In recent decades, the views on the functions of customs have considerably expanded and now covers three basic issues: taxation, security, and trade facilitation.
Customs
An example of his viewpoint is his work with cockroaches that demonstrated social facilitation, evidence that this phenomenon is displayed regardless of species.
Robert Zajonc
As of August 2004, only trade facilitation remained a live issue within the Doha Development Agenda.
Singapore issues
Social facilitation is a social phenomenon in which being in the presence of others improves individual task performance.
Social facilitation
Situations that elicit social facilitation include coaction and performing for an audience, and appears to depend on task complexity.
Social facilitation

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Related words

the facilis family

difficult

facilitation — used about once every 27,725 pages · #13,673 · point at the bar for the others

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