blessing
/ˈblɛsɪŋ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈblɛsɪŋ/
blessing
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
bles - sing -> blessing
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ (usu sing )
(က) ဘုရားသခင်၏ ကောင်းချီး။ ask for God's blessing. (ခ) ယင်းကောင်းချီးကို အသနားခံသည့် ဆုတောင်း။ (ဂ) အစာ မသုံးဆောင်မီနှင့် သုံးဆောင်အပြီး ဘုရားသခင်၏ ကျေးဇူးတော်ကို အောက်မေ့ ရွတ်ဆိုသည့် ဆုတောင်း။ say a blessing.
၂။ (usu sing ) ဆန္ဒမှန်။ သဘောတူညီမှု။ I cannot give my blessing to such a proposal.
၃။ ကောင်းကျိုး။ ဝမ်းသာစရာ။ the blessings of modern civilization ❍ What a blessing you weren't hurt in the accident!
❏ a blessing in disguise [IDM ]
အဆိုးထဲမှ အကောင်း။ Not getting into that university may be a blessing in disguise; I don't think you'd have been happy there.
More examples
- Having someone you can confide in is a real blessing.
- [blessing for] : The fine weather has been a blessing for farmers.
- [it’s a blessing (that)] : It’s a blessing that your children live so near.
- [give someone/something your blessing] : The management has given its blessing to the new project.
- [with someone’s blessing] : Mike finally gave up his stressful job with his wife’s blessing.
- Let us pray for God’s blessing.
Synonyms
approval, sanction, permission, go-ahead, consent, Godspeed, absolution, advantage, approbation, asset, backing, benedicite, benediction, benefit, benison, boon, bounty, break, commendation, concurrence, consecration, dedication, divine sanction, favor, gain, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, good luck, good thing, good wishes, grace, help, invocation, kindness, laying on of hands, leave, lucky break, lucky thing, manna from heaven, miracle, okay, piece of good fortune, profit, regard, sanctification, service, stroke of luck, support, thanks, thanksgiving, valediction, windfall
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