See facilitate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "shǐ ... róngyì",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fǔzhù",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "faciliteren"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "faciligi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "faciliter"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "erleichtern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "fördern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diefkolýno",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "διευκολύνω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "agevolare"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ireul yong'ihage hada",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "일을 용이하게 하다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "azaytuu",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "азайтуу"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "basaŋdatuu",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "басаңдатуу"
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jeŋildetüü",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "gjøre lettere"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "gjere lettare"
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "kolaylamak",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "قولایلامق"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tashil kardan",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "تسهیل کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "ułatwiać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "torować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "upraszczać"
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "facilitar"
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "ușura"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "înlesni"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sposóbstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"tags": [
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"word": "спосо́бствовать"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "posposóbstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"tags": [
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"word": "поспосо́бствовать"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomogátʹ",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"word": "помога́ть"
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{
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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"sense": "to make easy or easier",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sodéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"tags": [
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"word": "соде́йствовать"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "posodéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"tags": [
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"word": "посоде́йствовать"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "uľahčiť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "facilitar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "underlätta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "förenkla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"word": "kolaylaştırmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poléhšuvaty",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "поле́гшувати"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poléhšýty",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"tags": [
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"word": "поле́гши́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "spryjáty",
"sense": "to make easy or easier",
"tags": [
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"word": "сприя́ти"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sposobstvam",
"sense": "to help bring about",
"word": "способствам"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to help bring about",
"word": "helpottaa"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to help bring about",
"word": "tūāpā"
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"code": "fi",
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