how to pronounce contamination

/kənˌtæməˈnɛɪʃən/

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contamination is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of contamination in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… are vulnerable to contamination which …”

meaning of contamination

Contamination means the introduction of foreign matter into a substance or place.

contamination frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word contamination occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics contamination can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that contamination can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) life, nature, and living environment;