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captivity

/kapˈtɪvɪti/

US pronunciation
American sound/kapˈtɪvɪti/
kapˈtɪvɪti
Syllables
4 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

kap - ˈtɪvɪti -> captivity

Myanmar meaning

(n) အကျဉ်းချခံရခြင်း။ လှောင်အိမ်တွင် အထားခံရခြင်း။

Full entry

captivity /kæp'tÇvǝti/ n [U]

အကျဉ်းချခံရခြင်း။ လှောင်အိမ်တွင် အထားခံရခြင်း။ He was held in captivity for three years. ❍ Wild animals do not often breed well in captivity.

More examples
  • The girls should be released from captivity immediately.
  • [in captivity] : At least a quarter of the prisoners died in captivity.
  • [in captivity] : Crocodiles that were born in captivity
Synonyms
imprisonment, custody, detention, incarceration, confinement, internment, bondage, committal, constraint, durance, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, entombment, impoundment, jail, limbo, restraint, serfdom, servitude, slavery, subjection, thralldom, vassalage
Antonyms
freedom, independence, liberation, liberty, license
Cross references
imprisonmentcustodydetentionincarcerationconfinementinternmentbondagecommittalconstraintduranceduressenslavemententhrallmententombmentimpoundmentjaillimborestraintserfdomservitudeslaverysubjectionthralldomvassalagefreedomindependenceliberationliberty
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