verb · academic
facilitate
UK/fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/US/fəˈsɪl.ə.teɪt/fa·CIL·i·tate
Band 7+task2speaking
to make an action or process easier or more likely to happen
Examples
“Good communication facilitates cooperation between departments.”
“The new software facilitates data analysis for researchers.”
“Stable policies facilitate long-term investment.”
Band 8 sentence
“Reducing red tape will facilitate innovation and speed up project delivery.”
Collocations
- facilitate access
- facilitate communication
Word family
facility nounfacilitation noun
Common mistakes
facilitate to→facilitate
facilitated by = helped by always→facilitated by
Say it for a higher band
5help→6assist→7+facilitate
Synonyms
assist
enable
Easily confused
enable
“The policy enabled many small businesses to open.”
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