Pronunciation
How to pronounce “prohibition”
“prohibition” is pronounced /pɹəhɪbɪʃən/ — 4 syllables.
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prohibition
/pɹəhɪbɪʃən/
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4 syllables. Stress the 'it' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
“in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US”
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