how to pronounce prohibition

/ˌpɹoʊəˈbɪʃən/

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prohibition is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… with two types of prohibition so the …”

meaning of prohibition

Prohibition is the act of prohibiting something.

prohibition frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word prohibition occurs in english on average 4.4 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 prohibition 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 prohibition can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) food and health;