Facilitate

Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words.

Here is story about U.S. Voice president Joe Biden’s recent trip.

He was meeting with the president of Turkey.

Facilitate

This is their first meeting since the vice president alleged in a speech last month that Ankara helped facilitate the rise of the extremist group by allowing foreign fighters to cross into Syria from Turkey.

The comments outraged Turkey’s president.

Facilitate means to help cause something to happen, or to make something easier.

This can be seen as a good , or a bad thing.

In our story, the U.S. had accused Turkey of helping an extremist group.

Now, the next time you hear facilitate, you will know what this News Words means!