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Definition of afforestation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

afforestation

noun
 
/əˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn/
 
/əˌfɔːrɪˈsteɪʃn/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the process of planting areas of land with trees in order to form a forest compare deforestation
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from medieval Latin afforestare, from ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + foresta ‘forest’ + -tion.
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