how to pronounce deletion

/dɪˈliː.ʃən/

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deletion is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of deletion in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and when a deletion because of our legal …”

meanings of deletion

noun:

The act of deleting.
A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.
An item that has been or will be deleted.

deletion frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word deletion occurs in english on average 3.5 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 deletion 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 deletion can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;