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facilitation

facilitation

4 5.1
An action that makes a task easier so it runs more smoothly
  • noun
  • /fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : facilitación
  • So you do need facilitation experts to help the team move through the process.
  • graphic facilitation
  • interaction facilitation
  • group facilitation

And it's it's a really helpful window into what facilitation can look like.

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Examples

  • Quantifying the significance of religious intervention in the facilitation of the peace process is difficult.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Parents should learn about the connections between music and language development, particularly the facilitation of conversation and speech.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The system's role has been one of support and facilitation only.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Thoughtful facilitation by school staff can help students navigate challenges that sometimes arise.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The artful facilitation by adult leaders during these regular meetings is especially critical.

    Academic text (2013)
  • An important theme that emerged during the analysis of the interviews was the facilitation of a child's development.

    Academic text (2013)
  • From the beginning, therefore, the museum saw its job as facilitation: it wasn't setting up a branch location or dispensing charity.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Unfortunately, despite emphasis on constructive activities and varied facilitation methods, the success rate for the introductory course averages 50%.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The facilitator focused on the facilitation of effective communication during the workshop.

  • We are looking for strategies that enhance the facilitation of learning in our classroom.

Synonyms

enablement
vsfacilitation
1 4.6

Making something possible or easier to do

focuses on easing progress and smoothing steps rather than creating possibility
fostering
vsfacilitation
4.0

To help people, ideas, or projects grow

helps things move more smoothly by removing obstacles not mainly promoting growth

Antonyms

222 4.8

Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard

21 5.7

A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic

How Helpful

enablement
1 4.6
facilitation
  • Formal
4 5.1
to support
753 1.4
help
356 1.0

Surface Forms

facilitation singular
facilitations plural

Morphology

facilitation = facilitate (transparent) = facilitate + ion

A straightforward nominalization: 'facilitate' + '-ion' yields 'the act or process of making easier', which is directly inferable from the verb.

Etymology

The word facilitation comes from the Latin facilis 'easy' and facere 'to make'. So facilitation is literally 'making things easy', which is why it means helping a meeting or process go more smoothly.