abandon

/əˈband(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈband(ə)n/

əˈbandən

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ə - ˈbandən -> abandon

Myanmar meaning

(v) စွန့်ခွာသည်။ ပယ်ခွာသည်။ ပစ်ထားသည်။ စွန့်ပစ်သည်။ ပစ်ပယ်သည်။ စွန့်လွှတ်သည်။ စွန့်သည်။ ဖျက်(သိမ်း)သည်။ (ဟန်)မဆောင် (တော့)။ (n) စိတ်လွတ်လက်လွတ်

Full entry

abandon / ǝ'bændǝn / v

၁။ (က) စွန့်ခွာသည်။ ပယ်ခွာသည်။ ပစ်ထားသည်။ စွန့်ပစ်သည်။ Abandon ship! ❍ a baby abandoned by its parents, ❍ an abandoned car. (ခ) ပစ်ပယ်သည်။ The country abandoned its political leaders after the war.
၂။ (က) စွန့်လွှတ်သည်။ စွန့်သည်။ He urged people who smoked to abandon the habit. ❍ Have they just postponed the scheme or abandoned it altogether? (ခ) ဖျက် (သိမ်း) သည်။ The match was abandoned because of bad weather. (ဂ) (ဟန်)မဆောင် (တော့)။ The regime has abandoned all/any pretence of democracy.
၃။ ~ oneself to despair (rhet) (စိတ် အာရုံ ခံစားချက် လွှမ်းမိုးမှုတွင်) လွင့်မျောလိုက်ပါသွားသည်။ He abandoned himself to despair.
n [U] (also abandonment ) စိတ်လွတ်လက်လွတ် [ဖြစ်သော အခြေအနေ]။ dance with gay abandon.
❏ abandoned adj အရှက်မရှိသော။ လွတ်[သော]။ an abandoned young woman.
❏ abandonment n [U]
၁။ လက်လွှတ်လိုက် [ခြင်း]။ her abandonment of the idea.
၂။ ပစ်ပယ်လိုက်ခြင်း။ အထီး ကျန်ခြင်း။ the fear of abandonment in old age.
၃။ = abandon n

More examples

His mother abandoned him when he was five days old.
I’m sorry I abandoned you like that.
Most of the villagers have abandoned their homes and fled.
The coastal settlements were abandoned in the 19th century.
The stolen car was abandoned only five miles away.
After 20 lessons I finally abandoned my attempt to learn to drive.
The game had to be abandoned because of rain.
George almost persuaded me to abandon my studies and join him.
She abandoned caution and began scrambling down the cliff.
[abandon all/any pretence] : By 1978, they had abandoned all pretence of democratic principles.
Hardy felt that he had been abandoned by all his followers.
Despite current problems, they have not abandoned their commitment to the peace process.
By this time, the steady state theory of the universe had been largely abandoned.

Synonyms

Antonyms

adopt, advance, allow, approve, assert, begin, cherish, come, continue, defend, favor, go, hold, keep, maintain, persevere, pursue, remain, restraint, retain, self-restraint, start, stay, support, uphold