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Definitions: Facilitation |
FacilitationNoun1. (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential. 2. Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "facilitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | 1. Programs designed to expedite the flow of international commerce. 2. The act of freeing more or less completely from obstruction or hindrance. (references) |
Language | The act of facilitating; the state of being facilitated (the -- of trade that results from free intercourse of peoples). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| FAL | English | Facilitation Division | N/A |
| FAL | French | Facilitation du transport aérien international | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Facilitation |
| Specialty definitions using "facilitation": Reproductive Control Agents ♦ Social Facilitation. (references) |
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Health | One large-scale study sponsored by NIAAA found that each of three commonly used behavioral treatments for alcohol abuse and alcoholismmotivation enhancement therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and 12-step facilitation therapysignificantly reduced drinking in the year following treatment. (references) | |
Business | For U.S. companies interested in distributorships, the U.S. commercial Service offers a variety of trade facilitation programs as well as business counseling. (references) | |
These are facilitation and implementation of new projects, co-ordination among concerned bodies, planning and policy making, regulation and monitoring, development promotion and overseeing black empowerment participation. (references) | ||
Economic History | Jordan | The agreement calls for the facilitation of bilateral trade and investment flows. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Licensing has been identified as an obstacle to investment and trade facilitation. (references) | |
South Africa | The Commercial Service in South Africa offers a number of business facilitation services. (references) | |
Political Economy | HONDURAS | Honduras agreed in November 1999 to implement eight Free Trade Area of the Americas customs related business facilitation measures. (references) |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | UNCTAD's Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a trade facilitation system, was adopted on January 1, 1995. Customs clearance is complex and can be time consuming because of procedural delays. (references) | |
PARAGUAY | Privatization of state monopolies is moving forward, with the first privatization of the fixed-line telecom company expected to be completed by the end of 2001. With its partners in Mercosur, Paraguay has renewed discussions with the U.S. on promoting economic integration and business facilitation under a 4+1 formula. (references) | |
Trade | Dominican Rep | Also for equipment needed for a temporary work in the D.R. Temporary entry of goods was adopted by Customs as a business facilitation service. (references) |
Honduras | In February 1999, Ex-Im Bank signed a $50 million export facilitation facility for Central America with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). (references) | |
Qatar | The GCC member states have yet to integrate matters such as external tariffs, standardization of investment and industrial rules and facilitation of inter-Gulf travel. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Information on Gold Key, Sales Seminar, and other business facilitation services offered by CS-Abidjan is provided through the U.S. Commercial Service Website (www.usatrade.gov). (references) |
Worker Rights | Panama | The Code provides for prison sentences of 2 to 4 years for the promotion or facilitation of the entry to or exit from the country of a person for the purposes of prostitution. (references) |
Azerbaijan | There is no evidence of government complicity in the facilitation of the trafficking of persons; however, NGO's suspect that lower-level civil servants accept bribes from traffickers in exchange for turning a blind eye to their activities. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Facilitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Facilitation" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 49 | 48,677 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "facilitation": Inner peace facilitation ♦ social facilitation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
facilitation | 118 |
meeting facilitation | 40 |
facilitation skill | 32 |
group facilitation | 28 |
facilitation training | 18 |
proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation | 17 |
social facilitation | 10 |
facilitation workshop | 9 |
facilitation tool | 9 |
facilitation trade | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "facilitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ndihmë (aid, assistance, backstop, bee, boon, charity, dole, endowment, help, relief, stay, subsidy, subvention, succor, succour, support), lehtësim (attenuation, easement, extenuation, mitigation, palliation, relaxation, release, relief, remission, softening, solace). (various references) | |
Arabic | تيسير (simplification), تبسيط (simplification). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | улесняване, подпомагане (aid, assistance, furtherance, helping, lift, patronage, subvention). (various references) | |
Chinese | 帮助 (HELP, Helped, helping, Helps, ministering, subserve, Subserved, Subserving). (various references) | |
Czech | usnadnìní. (various references) | |
Danish | facilitering, øget excitation. (various references) | |
Dutch | facilitatio, facilitatie, vergemakkelijking, dynamogenesis. (various references) | |
Finnish | fasilitaatio. (various references) | |
French | facilitation, simplification, dynamogénie, désinhibition d'une voie nerveuse, assistance, activation, action dynamogène. (various references) | |
German | Erleichterung (alleviation, easement, facility, gladness, lightening, relief). (various references) | |
Greek | διευκόλυνση (accommodation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | סיוע (aid, assistance, help, succor, succour, support). (various references) | |
Hungarian | könnyítés (alleviation, lightening, purchase, relief), megkönnyítés. (various references) | |
Italian | facilitazione (facility, priming). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 促進 (acceleration, encouragement, promotion, spurring on). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そくし" (acceleration, encouragement, promotion, sounding, spurring on). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acilitationfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | facilitar (facilitate, Favor, favour, further, smooth, subserve). (various references) | |
Romanian | înlesnire (aid, easement, help, succor, succour). (various references) | |
Russian | облегчение (alleviation, alleviations, ease, easement, palliation, release, relief, relievo), помощь (aid, assistance, furtherance, hand, help, helping, relief, succor, succour). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | snižavanje nivoa podražljivosti. (various references) | |
Spanish | facilitación (priming). (various references) | |
Swedish | underlättande. (various references) | |
Turkish | rahatlatma (comforting, relaxing, relief, relieving), kolaylaştırma, basitleştirme (simplification, vulgarization). (various references) | |
Ukranian | полегшання (remission), допомога (abetment, aid, assistance, backing, bield, furtherance, help, helping, relief, stipend, succor, succour). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "facilitation": facilitations. (additional references) | |
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"Facilitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: falicitation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "facilitation" (pronounced fusi'lutā"shun) |
| 8 | -i' l u t ā" sh u n | dilatation, rehabilitation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, decapitation, equitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, recitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-f-i-i-i-l-n-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: citational. | |
-3 letters: ciliation, factional, fictional, filiation, lactation. | |
-4 letters: citation, coattail, octantal, tailcoat, tantalic. | |
-5 letters: actinal, actinia, alation, antifat, cattail, cattalo, faction, fanatic, fantail, fiction, finical, folacin, inflict, initial, litotic, taction, tailfan, tinfoil, titania, titanic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-f-i-i-i-l-n-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: facilitations. | |
+3 letters: latensification. | |
+4 letters: fictionalization, latensifications, quantificational. | |
+5 letters: fictionalizations, fractionalization. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 63 69 6C 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- -.-. .. .-.. .. - .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01100011 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a c i l i t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0063 0069 006C 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406769757875866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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