how to pronounce pollution

/pəˈluʃən/

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pollution is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… manufacturing the pollution comes from …”

meaning of pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

pollution frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word pollution occurs in english on average 6.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.