verb · academic
facilitate
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/fa·CIL·i·tate
Band 6-7task2speaking
to make an action or process easier or more likely to happen
Examples
“Good infrastructure facilitates economic development.”
“The teacher facilitated group discussion by giving clear prompts.”
“Online platforms can facilitate communication between researchers across countries.”
Band 8 sentence
“Targeted subsidies have been shown to facilitate innovation by lowering the initial financial barriers for start‑ups.”
Collocations
- facilitate access to
- facilitate communication
Word family
facilitation nounfacilitative adjective
Common mistakes
facilitate to→facilitate + object / facilitate + V-ing
facilitate (nguyên mẫu cho động từ khác)→facilitate V-ing / facilitate noun
Say it for a higher band
5help→6assist→7+facilitate
Synonyms
help
Easily confused
help
“Volunteers help organise the festival.”
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