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astir

/əˈstəː/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈstəː/

əˈstəː

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

ə - ˈstəː -> astir

Myanmar meaning

(adj, adv) ရုတ်ရုတ်သဲသဲ။

Full entry

astir /ǝ'stɜ:(r)/ adv, adj

၁။ ရုတ်ရုတ်သဲသဲ။
The news set the whole town astir.
၂။ (dated ) အိပ်ရာ၌ လဲလျောင်းမနေဘဲ၊ မနေသော။
No one was astir.

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astir /ǝ'stɜ:(r)/ adv, adj ၁။ ရုတ်ရုတ်သဲသဲ။ The news set the whole town astir. ၂။ ( dated ) အိပ်ရာ၌ လဲလျောင်းမနေဘဲ၊ မနေသော။ No one was astir.

Synonyms

active, alive, moving, stirring, live, busy, about, afoot, alert, aroused, awake, awakened, out of bed, roused, up, up and about

Antonyms

asleep, inactive

Cross references

active alive moving stirring live busy about afoot alert aroused awake awakened out of bed roused up up and about asleep inactive news one set the town was whole

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