alimentation
- noun
- /ˌælɪmənˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
alimentación
- She focused on proper alimentation to support her training and maintain her health during the marathon.
Examples
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I would answer that these questions, along with several others, are the fodder on which Jean Dubuffet ruminates, the daily alimentation of his mind.
Academic text (1998) -
I was wondering if you wanted to grab some alimentation for our hyperphagia.
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In regard to foodways studies, the data demonstrate the importance of food's sensory appeal, the role of commensality, and how a person's self-image and sense of agency can be manifested through alimentation, particularly when these qualities are denied to individuals as a form of control and punishment.
Academic text (2017) -
The hospital provided excellent alimentation for all its patients, ensuring they received nutritious meals.
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The teacher emphasized the importance of alimentation in early childhood development, highlighting how essential nutrition is.
Synonyms
149
1.0
Eating or giving food to people, animals, and plants
125
2.3
How a person gets and uses food to stay healthy and grow
38
2.0
Food and drink needed for growth and health
23
5.7
Food and drink that keep you alive and healthy
1
8.0
Food that gives people or animals what they need to live
Help that keeps people alive by giving food or money
Food and drink kept or prepared to eat
Antonyms
How Nourished
1
6.6
1
3.7
- Specialized
- Specialized
29
5.1
83
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alimentation comes from the Latin root alere, which means 'to feed' or 'nourish'. It shares this root with English words like alimony and alimentary, so alimentation simply means the act of giving food or nourishment.