how to pronounce prohibit

/pɹəˈhɪb.ɪt/

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prohibit is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… so as to prohibit the export of vaccine …”

meaning of prohibit

To prohibit something is to make it illegal or to forbid it.

prohibit frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word prohibit occurs in english on average 2.3 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 prohibit 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 prohibit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;