absolute
/ˈabsəluːt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈabsəluːt/
absolute
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ab - so - lute -> absolute
Myanmar meaning
(adj) အပြည့်အဝ၊ အကြွင်းမဲ့၊ ပကတိ (ဖြစ်သော)။ မလွဲ၊ မုချ ဧကန် (ဖြစ်သော)။ သီးခြား။ သီးသန့်။ (n) ပရမတ်။
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၁။ အပြည့်အဝ၊ အကြွင်းမဲ့၊ ပကတိ [ဖြစ်သော]။ absolute trust, absolute truth, absolute fool, absolute power, absolute ruler.
၂။ မလွဲ၊ မုချ၊ ဧကန် [ဖြစ်သော]။ absolute proof, absolute fact.
၃။ သီးခြား။ သီးသန့်။
n ပရမတ်။ a desire for absolutes in an uncertain world.
❏ absolute majority n မဲ ထက်ဝက်ကျော် [ဖြစ်ခြင်း]။ 33 seats short of an absolute majority.
❏ absolute zero n [U] ပကတိသုည (အပူချိန်)။
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- The way they’ve been treated is an absolute disgrace.
- I have absolute confidence in her.
- You’re talking absolute nonsense.
- £9, 000 is the absolute maximum we can spend.
- Health spending has increased in absolute terms, but not as a proportion of national income.
- Do you believe in absolute moral values?
- An absolute monarchy
Synonyms
total, complete, utter, unqualified, absolutist, actual, arbitrary, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, categorical, certain, conclusive, consummate, decided, decisive, definite, despotic, dictatorial, downright, entire, exact, excellent, factual, faultless, final, firm, fixed, flat out, flawless, free, full, fundamental, genuine, given, ideal, impeccable, infallible, infinite, monocratic, no catch, no fine print, no holds barred, no ifs ands or buts, no joke, no strings attached, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plenary, positive, precise, preeminent, principle, pure, resolved, rule, sheer, simple, sovereign, straight out, supreme, sure, thorough, totalitarian, truth, tyrannical, tyrannous, ultimate, unabridged, unadulterated, unambiguous, unblemished, unbounded, unchangeable, unconditional, undeniable, unequivocal, unflawed, unlimited, unmitigated, unmodified, unmovable, unquestionable, unrestricted, untarnished, without limit
Antonyms
abridged, accountable, ambiguous, bounded, circumscribed, complaisant, compliant, conditional, democratic, dependent, equivocal, false, flawed, imperfect, imprecise, incomplete, incorrect, indefinite, inexact, limited, needy, part, partial, provisional, qualified, questionable, restricted, submissive, tractable, uncertain, unconfirmed, unfinished, unsure, vague, yielding
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