facilitated

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of facilitate.

   The new software facilitated communication between the two teams.

   A translator facilitated the negotiations between the two governments.

   Note

   One spelling serves two jobs. The simple past stands alone as the finite verb (the translator facilitated the talks), while the past participle follows have or be (the talks had been facilitated; were facilitated by a translator). All three meanings of facilitate carry over: making something easier, helping bring it about, and presiding over a meeting or seminar.

2. 2
   adjective

   Made easier to do or achieve, especially through assistance, guidance, or support.

   The facilitated discussion allowed quieter members to contribute comfortably.

   Researchers preferred the facilitated process for submitting their data.

   Similarguided, supported

   Oppositeunassisted, unguided, unaided

   Note

   A participle turned adjective, at home before a noun: a facilitated discussion, a facilitated process. It takes no degrees. Nothing is more facilitated or most facilitated, because the word names a kind of arrangement rather than a quality that can increase. After be, the same word usually reads as the passive verb instead.

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