how to pronounce recession

/ɹɪˈsɛʃən/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of recession is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

recession is pronounced in three syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of recession

1.

2.

3. example pitch curve for pronunciation of recession

test your pronunciation of recession

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of recession

video examples of recession pronunciation

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

“… well we had a recession and we had a …”

meaning of recession

A recession is a period of time when the economy is in a state of decline.

recession frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word recession occurs in english on average 11 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.