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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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busy

/ˈbɪzi/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈbɪzi/

busy

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

bu - sy -> busy

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အလုပ်များ

Full entry

busy /'bÇzi/ adj (-ier, iest )

၁။ ~ (at/with sth); ~ (doing sth)
(က) အလုပ်များသော။ We've been terribly busy at work recently. ❍ Doctors are busy people. (ခ) မအားမလပ်သော။ Could I have a word with you, if you're not too busy? ❍ Please go away—can't you see I'm busy? ❍ She's busy at/with her homework. ❍ He was busy writing letters. ❍ We've only got an hour to do the job, so we'd better get busy (ie start working).
၂။ ဂျင်ခြေလည်သော။ လှုပ်ရှားမှုများသော။ a busy day/life/time of year ❍ a busy office/street/town ❍ Victoria is one of London's busiest stations. ❍ The big stores are very busy at Christmas.
၃။ (esp US ) (တယ်လီဖုန်း) လိုင်းမအားသော။
၄။ (ရုပ်ပုံ၊ ဒီဇိုင်းပုံစသည်) ရှုပ်ထွေးသော။ This wallpaper is too busy for the bedroom.
v (pt, pp busied ) ~ oneself (with sth); ~ oneself (in/with) doing sth (ကိုယ့်ဘာသာကိုယ်) အလုပ်ရှုပ်နေသည်။ busy oneself in the garden/with the housework ❍ He busied himself cooking the dinner. busily adv : busily engaged on a new project.
❏ (as) busy as a bee [IDM ] အလုပ်များသည်။ The children are busy as bees, helping their mother in the garden.

More examples

Parents of young children are always busy.
He is an extremely busy man.
[busy with] : Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding.
It’s been a very busy day.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us.
A busy waiting room
A busy main road
Do not park your car near busy junctions.
The busiest port in Europe
Shops are always busier at weekends.
All lines are busy – please call back later.

Synonyms

full of activity, demanding, hard, tiring, hectic, eventful, active, already taken, assiduous, at it, at work, be active with, be concerned with, be hung, become lost, buried, bustling, busy as a beaver, butting in, curious, diligent, employed, energetic, engage, engaged, engross, engrossed, forward, full, fussy, give a try, give a whirl, go for broke, go in for, go out for, going for broke, hard at it, hard-working, harried, have a fling at, have a go at, have a shot at, having a full plate, having enough on one's plate, having fish to fry, having many irons in the fire, hold attention, humming, hustling, immerse, impertinent, in a meeting, in conference, in demand, in someone else's possession, in the field, in the laboratory, industrious, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, keep busy, lively, meddlesome, meddling, nebby, nosy, obtrusive, occupied, occupy, officious, on assignment, on duty, on the go, on the move, overloaded, persevering, popping, preengage, prying, pushy, restless, set about, sew up, sewed up, slaving, snoopy, snowed, stirring, strenuous, swamped, take part, taken, taking part, tied up, tireless, troublesome, try for size, try on for size, unavailable, up on, up to one's ears, with a customer, working

Antonyms

empty, free, idle, inactive, lazy, quiet, unbusy, unemployed, unengaged, unoccupied

Cross references

full of activity demanding hard tiring hectic eventful active already taken assiduous at it at work be active with be concerned with be hung become lost buried bustling busy as a beaver butting in curious diligent employed energetic engage engaged engross engrossed forward

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