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Facilitate Make Easier Means Fə'Sɪlɪteɪt Broken Lock Facilitated

Front facilitate
Pron [fə'sɪlɪteɪt]
Back 【FACILITATE】
The broken lock facilitated my entrance into the empty house.
由于锁坏了,使我很容易地就进入这空房子。
【重点词汇】
facilitate v. 使容易
Vocab
facilitatemake easier

To facilitate means to make something easier. If your best friend is very shy, you could facilitate her efforts to meet new people.

Facilitate comes from the Latin facilis, for easy. It means to make something easier or more likely to happen. You facilitate growth or a process, as opposed to, say, dinner. Often in business meetings someone will be assigned to facilitate a discussion so people don't just sit in awkward silence. Synonyms are ease, simplify, expedite, and assist.

All forms of 'facilitate' will appear on average once every 913 pages.
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