sanitation
pronunciation
How to pronounce sanitation in British English:
UK [ˌsænɪˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce sanitation in American English:
US [ˌsænɪˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the state of being clean and conducive to health
- making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
Word Origin
- sanitation (n.)
- 1848, irregularly formed from sanitary. Figurative use from 1934. As a euphemism for garbage (as in sanitation engineer) first recorded 1939.
Example
- 1. Not for him tricky questions of sanitation or finance .
- 2. Hospitals , sanitation plants and offices ground to a halt .
- 3. Dr hoffman agrees that sanitation is insufficiently sexy .
- 4. Murray says sanitation 's user-fee model is broken .
- 5. A new regulatory framework for sanitation should encourage private investment .