how to pronounce ration

/ˈɹæʃ.ən/

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ration is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… papers yeah I'd ration them out you know …”

meaning of ration

Ration is a system of controlled distribution of food or other resources.

ration frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word ration occurs in english on average 2.9 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 ration 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 ration can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;