acquaintance
/əˈkweɪnt(ə)ns/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ə - ˈkweɪntəns -> acquaintance
(n) အကျွမ်းဝင်မှု။ ခင်မင်ကျွမ်းဝင်မှု။ ဆုံစည်းမှု။ အသိ။ အသိ အကျွမ်း။
acquaintance / ǝ'kweÇntǝns / n [U]
၁။ (က) [U] ~ with sth အကျွမ်းဝင်မှု။ I have little acquaintance with the Japanese language. (ခ) ~ (with sb) ခင်မင်ကျွမ်းဝင်မှု။ ဆုံစည်းမှု။ Their acquaintance began to blossom. ❍ I was glad to renew my acquaintance with him.
၂။ [C] အသိ။ အသိ အကျွမ်း။ Nobody of my acquaintance (ie that I know) was there. ❍ She's an old acquaintance.
❏ make sb's acquaintance/ make the acquaintance of sb [IDM ] ဆုံစည်းသည်။ တွေ့မိသည်။ I made his acquaintance at a party.
❏ on further acquaintance [IDM ] ရင်းနှီးလာသည့်အခါ။ His manner seemed unpleasant at first, but he improved on further acquaintance.
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