How to pronounce “facilitation”
Say “facilitation” in 5 beats
facilitation
/fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fəsɪlɪteɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- facfə
- ilsɪ
- itlə
- atteɪstress
- ionʃən
- IPA (American)
- /fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/
- IPA (British)
- /fəsɪlɪteɪʃən/
- Respelling
- fuh-si-luh-TAY-shuhn
- Syllables
- 5 — fac-il-it-AT-ion
- Stress
- Stress the fourth syllable: fac-il-it-AT-ion. “at” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/
/fəsɪlɪteɪʃən/
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What “facilitation” means
- noun
the condition of being made easy (or easier)
“social facilitation is an adaptive condition”
- noun
(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
- noun
act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
Say it in a sentence
“Good facilitation kept the meeting to its allotted hour.”“facilitation”, answered
How do you pronounce “facilitation”?
“facilitation” is pronounced /fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/ (fuh-si-luh-TAY-shuhn) in American English and /fəsɪlɪteɪʃən/ in British English — 5 syllables, stressed on “at”. Build it as fac-il-it-AT-ion, then run the fourth syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “facilitation” have?
5: fac · il · it · at · ion. The beat lands on the fourth, “at”.
Is “facilitation” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /fəˌsɪləˈteɪʃən/ (fuh-si-luh-TAY-shuhn); British English says /fəsɪlɪteɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “facilitation” mean?
As a noun: the condition of being made easy (or easier) For example: “social facilitation is an adaptive condition” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “facilitation”?
Stress the fourth syllable: fac-il-it-AT-ion. “at” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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