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abstainer

/əbˈsteɪnə/

US pronunciation
American sound/əbˈsteɪnə/
əbˈsteɪnə
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

əb - ˈsteɪnə -> abstainer

Myanmar meaning

(n) (အရက်) ရှောင်သူ။

Full entry

abstain /ǝb'steÇn/ v ~ (from sth)

၁။ (မဲပေးခြင်း) မပြုဘဲနေသည်။ (မဲ) မပေးဘဲနေသည်။ (မဲခွဲရာ၌) ကြားနေသည်။ At the last election he abstained (from voting).
၂။ (fml or joc ) ရှောင်သည်။ He has been advised to abstain from alcohol.
❏ abstainer n (အရက်) ရှောင်သူ။ a total abstainer . See also ABSTENTION, ABSTINENCE

More examples
  • [abstain from] : A high percentage of women said they had abstained from alcohol during pregnancy.
  • [abstain from] : They agreed to abstain from any actions that might endanger the peace process.
Synonyms
desist, refrain, withdraw, withhold, go without, give up, abjure, abnegate, avoid, be deprived of, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fall short, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, go on the wagon, go short, keep from, not take sides, pass, pass up, quit, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stay neutral, stop, take the cure, take the pledge
Antonyms
accept, allow, continue, do, embrace, encourage, face, indulge, meet, use, vote, want
Cross references
desistrefrainwithdrawwithholdgo withoutgive upabjureabnegateavoidbe deprived ofceaseconstraincurbdeclinedeny oneselfdo withouteschewevadefall shortfastfence-sitforbearforgogive the go bygo on the wagongo shortkeep fromnot take sides
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