how to pronounce inflation

/ɪnˈflɛɪ.ʃən/

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inflation is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… about the price inflation of freddos …”

meaning of inflation

Inflation is a rise in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.

inflation frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word inflation occurs in english on average 44.9 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.

topics inflation 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 inflation can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;