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- [guh-stey-shuh n]
- /gʌˈsteɪ ʃən/
- /ɡʌ.ˈsteɪʃ.n̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [guh-stey-shuh n]
- /gʌˈsteɪ ʃən/
Definitions of gustation word
- noun gustation the act of tasting. 1
- noun gustation the faculty of taste. 1
- noun gustation The action or faculty of tasting. 1
- noun gustation the act of tasting or the faculty of taste 0
- noun gustation the act of tasting 0
- noun gustation the sense of taste 0
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Origin of gustation
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Latin gustātiōn- (stem of gustātiō), equivalent to gustāt(us) (past participle of gustāre to taste) + -iōn- -ion
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Parts of speech for Gustation
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gustation popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gustation
noun gustation
- appetite — Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- appetence — a natural craving or desire
- stomach — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
Antonyms for gustation
noun gustation
- disinclination — the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- lot — lot (def 14).
Top questions with gustation
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