Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

facilitation

/fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
fa-ci-li-ta-tion
IPA
/fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of facilitating or making easy.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From facilitate + -ion. Compare Latin facilitātiō.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

facilitations (plural)

Derived Forms

cofacilitation disfacilitation hyperfacilitation photofacilitation

Phrases

social facilitation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce facilitation?
The recorded pronunciation is /fəˌsɪlɪˈteɪʃən/.
What does facilitation mean?
The act of facilitating or making easy.
Where does facilitation come from?
From facilitate + -ion. Compare Latin facilitātiō.

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