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compulsion

/kəmˈpʌlʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/kəmˈpʌlʃ(ə)n/
kəmˈpʌlʃən
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -sion sound

kəm - ˈpʌlʃən -> compulsion

Myanmar meaning

(n) မလုပ်မနေ လုပ်ရခြင်း။ မလုပ်လုပ် အောင် တွင်တွင်စေ့ဆော်မှု။

Full entry

compulsion /kǝm'pʌlʃn/ n ~ (to do sth)

၁။ [U] မလုပ်မနေ လုပ်ရခြင်း။
There should be no compulsion on a single mother to name the father of her child.
၂။ [C] မလုပ်လုပ် အောင် တွင်တွင်စေ့ဆော်မှု။
a compulsion to destroy things. Compare COMPEL

More examples
  • He felt a sudden compulsion to tell her the truth.
  • [under compulsion] : You are not under any compulsion to make a statement to the police.
Synonyms
force, pressure, coercion, obligation, duress, constraint, craving, demand, desire, drive, driving, duty, engrossment, exigency, hang-up, have on the brain, impulse, monkey, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, tiger by the tail, urge, urgency
Antonyms
free will, freedom, independence, liberty, license
Cross references
forcepressurecoercionobligationduressconstraintcravingdemanddesiredrivedrivingdutyengrossmentexigencyhang-uphave on the brainimpulsemonkeynecessityneedobsessionpreoccupationprepossessiontiger by the tailurgeurgencyfree willfreedom
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