prohibition /.prәuhi'biʃәn/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- (n.) a decree that prohibits something
- (n.) the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Chinese translation
- n. 禁令, 禁止
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /.prәuhi'biʃәn/
- Syllables
- 4
- Exam levels
- CET-6
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.77 · Super Rare
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Related words
prohibit · prohibitive · prohibitively
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