To make easy or easier As used in communication: The increased ease of performance of any action, resulting from the lessening of nerve resistance by the continued successive application of the necessary stimulus, i e , hand over hand assistance
To assist in accomplishing objectives such as a group discussion on a particular topic or in a training context It requires active participation by the facilitator to engage and involve the others in accomplishing the objective
make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse
To facilitate an action or process, especially one that you would like to happen, means to make it easier or more likely to happen. The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism He argued that the economic recovery had been facilitated by his tough stance. = aid, assist. to make it easier for a process or activity to happen