facilitate meaning

facilitate means 'to make a process or action easier or faster'.

facilitate :

to make easier, to help

Verb

▪ The teacher facilitated the discussion.

▪ The teacher made the discussion easier.

▪ Good tools facilitate work.

▪ Good tools make work easier.

paraphrasing

▪ assist – to help

▪ aid – to help

▪ ease – to make easier

▪ simplify – to make simpler

facilitate

Pronunciation

facilitate [fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt]

The stress is on 'sil' and sounds like 'fuh-sil-i-tate'.

Common phrases and grammar about facilitate

facilitate - Common meaning

Verb
to make easier, to help

Part of Speech Changes for "facilitate"

▪ facilitation (noun) – the act of making easier

▪ facilitator (noun) – a person who makes things easier

Common Expressions with "facilitate"

▪ facilitate communication – to make talking easier

▪ facilitate learning – to make learning easier

▪ facilitate growth – to help growth happen

▪ facilitate change – to make change easier

Important examples of facilitate in TOEIC

Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test

In TOEIC vocabulary questions, facilitate is often used to describe making processes easier.

▪New software can facilitate data entry.
▪New software can make data entry easier.

Example of a confusing word: fabricate (to construct or manufacture)

▪New software can fabricate data entry.
▪New software can construct data entry.
"Facilitate" means "to make an action or process easier," and it is used correctly in the sentence "New software can facilitate data entry," indicating that the software helps simplify the process. "Fabricate," on the other hand, means "to construct" or "manufacture," often implying the creation of something tangible or even false. The sentence "New software can fabricate data entry" is grammatically incorrect and semantically illogical, as data entry is not something that can be "constructed" or "manufactured." Thus, "facilitate" is the correct choice.

Grammar examples from the TOEIC test

Facilitate is often used as a transitive verb, meaning it needs an object in TOEIC grammar questions.

▪The manager facilitated the meeting.
▪The manager made the meeting easier.

facilitate

Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC

facilitate communication

'make talking easier', used in business or team settings.

▪Technology can facilitate communication.
▪Technology can make talking easier.

smooth the way

means 'to make progress easier'.

▪Her advice smoothed the way for our project.
▪Her advice made progress easier for our project.

Differences between similar words and facilitate

facilitate

,

assist

differences

Facilitate means to make something easier, while assist means to help someone do something.

facilitate
▪The tools facilitated the task.
▪The tools made the task easier.
assist
▪She assisted him with the task.
▪She helped him with the task.
facilitate

Words with the same origin as facilitate

The origin of facilitate

facilitate comes from the Latin 'facilis', meaning 'easy', and it evolved to mean 'to make easy'.

Word structure

It has the root facil (easy) and suffix ate (verb), meaning 'to make easy'.

Words with the same origin

The root of facilitate is facil (easy). Words with the same root include facile (easy), facility (ease or skill).

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