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facilitation

fa·cil·i·ta·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fuh-sil-i-tey-shuh n]
    • /fəˌsɪl ɪˈteɪ ʃən/
    • /fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fuh-sil-i-tey-shuh n]
    • /fəˌsɪl ɪˈteɪ ʃən/

Definitions of facilitation word

  • noun facilitation the act or process of facilitating. 1
  • noun facilitation Physiology. the lowering of resistance in a neural pathway to an impulse, resulting from previous or simultaneous stimulation. 1
  • noun facilitation The action of facilitating something. 1
  • noun facilitation making easier 1
  • noun facilitation professional: assisting, guiding 1
  • noun facilitation the act or process of facilitating 0

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Origin of facilitation

First appearance:

before 1610
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1610-20; facilitate + -ion

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Facilitation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

facilitation popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

facilitation usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for facilitation

noun facilitation

  • service — Robert W(illiam) 1874–1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
  • backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
  • assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
  • benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.

Antonyms for facilitation

noun facilitation

  • damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
  • hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
  • hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
  • stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.

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