how to pronounce recession

/ɹɪˈsɛʃ.ən/

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recession is pronounced in three syllables

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ɹɪsɛʃən

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

“… we're going into recession it's become …”

meaning of recession

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

recession frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word recession occurs in english on average 37.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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