Meanings
nounfacilitation (countable and uncountable, plural facilitations)
plural facilitations
- countableuncountableThe act of facilitating or making easy.
- countableuncountablemedicineThe 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.
Origin
From facilitate + -ion. Compare Latin facilitātiō.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian улесняване, благоприятстване
- улесняване (ulesnjavane)act of facilitating
- благоприятстване (blagoprijatstvane)act of facilitating
Finnish helpottaminen, auttaminen
- helpottaminenact of facilitating
- auttaminenact of facilitating
- fasilitointiact of facilitating
French facilitation
- facilitationact of facilitating
German Erleichtern, Erleichterung
- Erleichternact of facilitating
- Erleichterungact of facilitating
- Bahnungphysiological phenomenon
Indonesian fasilitasi
- fasilitasiact of facilitating
Romanian ușurare, facilitare
- ușurareact of facilitating
- facilitareact of facilitating
- promovareact of facilitating
- încurajareact of facilitating
Russian соде́йствие, облегче́ние
- соде́йствие (sodéjstvije)act of facilitating
- облегче́ние (oblexčénije)act of facilitating
Spanish facilitación
- facilitaciónact of facilitating
Swedish underlätta
- underlättaact of facilitating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with facilitation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
facilitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facilitation
MLA
“facilitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facilitation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “facilitation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facilitation.
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