how to pronounce prison

/ˈpɹɪzən/

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prison is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… sentenced to life in prison and served …”

meaning of prison

Prison is a place where people are kept in order to keep them from harming themselves or others.

prison frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word prison occurs in english on average 35.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.