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burden

/ˈbəːd(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈbəːd(ə)n/

burden

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

bur - den -> burden

Myanmar meaning

(n) တာဝန် (v) ဝန်လေး

Full entry

burden /'bɜ:dn/ n

၁။ [C] ဝန်လေး။ bear/carry/shoulder a heavy burden. See also BEAST OF BURDEN
၂။ [C] [ဥ] ဝန်ထုပ်ဝန်ပိုး။ the burden of heavy taxation on the taxpayer ❍ the burden of grief/guilt/remorse ❍ His invalid father is becoming a burden (to him).
၃။ [sing] the ~ of sth ပဓာနအာဘော်။ The burden of his argument was that…
v ~ sb/oneself (with sth) (usu passive)
(က) လေးလံသော ဝန်ကို ထမ်းသည်၊ ထမ်းစေသည်။ refugees burdened with all their possessions. (ခ) (ပြဿနာ၊ တာဝန်၊ ဝတ္တရား စသည်) ဝန်လေးသည်၊ ဝန်ပိသည်။ I don't want to burden you with my problems. ❍ Industry is heavily burdened with taxation. Compare UNBURDEN
❏ the burden of proof n [sing] (law ) မိမိစကား မှန်ကန် ကြောင်း သက်သေပြရန်တာဝန်။
❏ burdensome /-sǝm/ adj (fml ) ကိုယ်ရောစိတ်ပါ ပင်ပန်းရ သော။ ဖိစီးသော။ burdensome duties/responsibilities.

More examples

Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state.
[burden of] : Men say they are willing to share the burden of domestic work.
[shoulder/carry the burden] : When an elderly relative falls ill, you should not have to shoulder the burden alone.
[burden of responsibility/care] : An attempt was made to shift the burden of care from hospitals to the local community.
These proposals would only increase the tax burden on business.
[burden of] : A huge burden of debt
He will always carry a burden of guilt for what happened.

Synonyms

load, weight, Herculean task, accountability, afflict, affliction, albatross, anxiety, ball and chain, bear down on, blame, bother, care, cargo, charge, clog, concern, crush, cumber, deadweight, depress, difficulty, dish it out, dish out, drain, dump on, duty, encumber, encumbrance, excess baggage, give it to, grievance, hamper, handicap, hardship, hinder, hindrance, impede, inconvenience, lade, liability, lumber, make heavy, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obligate, obligation, obstruction, onus, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, problem, punishment, responsibility, saddle, saddle with, snow, snow under, sorrow, stick it to, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, try, vex, weary load, weigh down, work, worry, yoke

Antonyms

advantage, aid, allow, assist, assistance, benefit, blessing, calmness, cheer, comfort, contentment, delight, ease, encourage, encouragement, exculpation, exoneration, further, happiness, help, irresponsibility, make happy, peace, permit, please, praise, promote, promotion, release, relief, relieve, soothe, tranquility, unburden

Cross references

load weight Herculean task accountability afflict affliction albatross anxiety ball and chain bear down on blame bother care cargo charge clog concern crush cumber deadweight depress difficulty dish it out dish out drain dump on duty encumber

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