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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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able-bodied

US pronunciation

American soundable bodied

ablebodied

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Past ending sound

able - bodied -> able bodied

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကျန်းမာသန်စွမ်းသော။

Full entry

able /'eÇbl / adj

၁။ be ~ to do sth (used as a modal v ) နိုင် [သော]။ I wasn't able to lift the suitcase. ❍ The child is not yet able to write. ❍ I've never been able to understand such complicated things. ❍ Will you be able to come? ❍ You are better able to do it than I (am). ❍ CAN
၂။ (-r /eÇblǝ (r) /; -st /'eÇblÇst /) ပိုင်နိုင် သော။ ကျွမ်းကျင်သော။ တော်သော။ an able worker ❍ the most able student in class.
❏ able-bodied / -'bɒdid / adj ကျန်းမာသန်စွမ်းသော။
❏ able seaman n (ရေတပ်)တပ်သားကျော်။
❏ ably /'eÇbli / adv ပိုင်နိုင်စွာ။ The organizers of the exhibition were ably assisted by a team of volunteers.

-able,-ible / -ǝbl / suff

၁။ (နာမ်မှ နာမဝိသေသနသို့ ပုဒ်ပြောင်း နောက်ဆက်)။ fashionable ❍ comfortable.
၂။ (ကြိယာမှ နာမဝိသေသနသို့ ပုဒ်ပြောင်း နောက်ဆက်)။ (က) နိုင်သော။ ရသော။ eatable ❍ payable ❍ reversible (ခ) လွယ်သော။ changeable ❍ perishable.
❏ -ably, -ibly suff (ကြိယာဝိသေသနပုဒ်ပြောင်းပစ္စည်း)။ noticeably ❍ incredibly.

More examples

She is a very able driver.
An academically able child

Synonyms

clever, talented, intelligent, bright, gifted, accomplished, adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effective, effectual, efficient, effortless, endowed, equal to, equipped, experienced, expert, facile, fitted, good, ingenious, keen, know backwards and forwards, know one's onions, know the ropes, knowing, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, ready, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, strong, there, trained, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, with it, worthy

Antonyms

delicate, disinclined, dull, feeble, idiotic, ignorant, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, slow, stupid, unable, unintelligent, unskilled, unsuitable, useless, weak

Cross references

clever talented intelligent bright gifted accomplished adept adequate adroit agile alert apt artful au fait brilliant capable competent cunning deft dexterous easy effective effectual efficient effortless endowed equal to equipped

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