Stimulation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of arousing an organism to action

any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˌɪmjʊlˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/stˌɪmjʊlˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˌɪmjʊlˈeɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /stˌɪmjʊlˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stimulant foreplay input stimulus arousal

Word Forms

stimulate

verb

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

estímulo

el acto de activar un organismo para la acción

🇮🇹Italian

stimolazione

l'atto di stimolare un organismo all'azione

🇳🇱Dutch

stimulatie

de handeling waarbij een organisme tot actie wordt aangezet

🇵🇹Portuguese

estimulação

o ato de despertar um organismo para a ação

🇷🇺Russian

стимуляция

акт побуждения организма к действию

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उत्तेजना

किसी जीव को क्रिया के लिए उत्तेजित करने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

উদ্দীপনা

একটি জীবকে কর্মে জাগিয়ে তোলার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

தூண்டுதல்

ஒரு உயிரினத்தை செயல்பாட்டிற்கு தூண்டும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉద్దీపన

ఒక జీవిని చర్యకు ప్రేరేపించే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

उत्तेजन

एखाद्या जीवाला कृतीसाठी उत्तेजन देण्याची कृती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉત્તેજના

સજીવને ક્રિયા માટે ઉત્તેજીત કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ

ಒಂದು ಜೀವಿಯನ್ನು ಕ್ರಿಯೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉത്തേജനം

ഒരു ജീവിയെ പ്രവർത്തനത്തിലേക്ക് ഉത്തേജിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਤੇਜਨਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਜੀਵ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਲਈ ਜਗਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

محرک

کسی حیاتیات کو عمل میں لانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

刺激

唤醒有机体采取行动的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

刺激

生物を興奮させて行動させる行為

🇰🇷Korean

자극

유기체의 행동을 자극하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự kích thích

hành động kích thích một sinh vật hành động

🇹🇭Thai

การกระตุ้น

การกระทำเพื่อกระตุ้นสิ่งมีชีวิตให้กระทำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

stimulasi

tindakan membangkitkan suatu organisme untuk bertindak

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapasigla

ang pagkilos ng pagpukaw sa isang organismo upang kumilos

🇲🇾Malay

rangsangan

perbuatan membangkitkan organisma untuk bertindak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التحفيز

فعل إثارة الكائن الحي للعمل

🇮🇷Persian

تحریک

عمل برانگیختن ارگانیسم به عمل

🇹🇷Turkish

uyarım

bir organizmayı harekete geçirme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

גְרִיָה

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