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How to pronounce “pollution”
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Pronunciation guide for pollution
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pollution with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do About It
We have a system where we perversely subsidize pollution
- Definition summary
- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pollution
What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do About It
We have a system where we perversely subsidize pollution
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pollution”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
- Something that pollutes; a pollutant. [from 17th c.]
- (now rare) The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation. [from 14th c.]
- (now archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission. [from 14th c.]
- Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement. [from 15th c.]
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