captive
/ˈkaptɪv/
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American sound/ˈkaptɪv/
captive
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- Short i vowel
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- Final e often stays silent
cap - tive -> captive
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ဖမ်းထားသော။ မနေသော။ ထွက်ပေါက်မရှိသော။ (n) အကျဉ်းသား။ လှောင်အိမ်၌ထည့်ထားသော တိရစ္ဆာန်။
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၁။ ဖမ်းထားသော။
a captive bird ❍ captive breeding (ie the catching and organized breeding of wild animals) ❍ They were taken/held captive by masked gunmen. ❍ (fig ) a captive balloon (ie one that is held by a rope from the ground).
၂။ မိနေသော။ ထွက်ပေါက်မရှိသော။
A salesman loves to have a captive audience. ❍ a captive market.
n အကျဉ်းသား။ လှောင်အိမ်၌ထည့်ထားသော တိရစ္ဆာန်။
Three of the captives tried to escape.
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imprisoned, in prison, incarcerated, locked up, enslaved, confined, caged, attentive, beguiled, bewitched, bondman, bondservant, bondwoman, bound, charmed, con, convict, delighted, detainee, enraptured, ensnared, enthralled, fascinated, held, hostage, hypnotized, in custody, incommunicado, infatuated, intent, internee, jailed, mentally enchanted, penned, prisoner, prisoner of war, rapt, restricted, slave, spellbound, subjugated, trapped, under lock and key
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