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constrain

/kənˈstreɪn/

US pronunciation
American sound/kənˈstreɪn/
kənˈstreɪn
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

kən - ˈstreɪn -> constrain

Myanmar meaning

(v) မလုပ်ချင်သော အလုပ်မျိုးကို လုပ်ခိုင်းသည်၊ လုပ်ရသည်။ အခုအခါမှာ ယောက်ျားတွေအတွက် ပုံသေကားကျအလုပ်မျိုး၊ မိန်းမတွေအတွက် ပုံသေကားကျအလုပ်မျိုး လို့ ခွဲခြားကန့်သတ်တာတွေကို သိပ်လက်မခံကြတော့ဘူး။ ဘောင်ခတ်သည်။ ကျဉ်းမြောင်းစေသည်။

Full entry

constrain /kǝn'streÇn/ v (fml )

၁။ (esp passive) မလုပ်ချင်သော အလုပ်မျိုးကို လုပ်ခိုင်းသည်၊ လုပ်ရသည်။
With some embarrassment she felt constrained to point out his mistake. ❍ Men and women are becoming less constrained by stereotyped roles. အခုအခါမှာ ယောကျ်ားတွေအတွက် ပုံသေကားကျအလုပ်မျိုး၊ မိန်းမတွေအတွက် ပုံသေကားကျအလုပ်မျိုး လို့ ခွဲခြားကန့်သတ်တာတွေကို သိပ်လက်မခံကြတော့ဘူး။
၂။ ဘောင်ခတ်သည်။ ကျဉ်းမြောင်းစေသည်။ Work has been constrained by insufficient space and poor facilities ❍ constrain sb's potential/sth's development.
❏ constrained adj (အသံ၊ အမူအရာ စသည်) ဖျစ်ညှစ်၍ ပြောရသော၊ လုပ်ရသော။

More examples
  • We are always constrained by our budget.
  • Planning regulations that constrain development
  • [feel constrained to do something] : She should have kept quiet, but felt constrained to answer.
Synonyms
limit, restrain, hold back, confine, restrict, constrict, hamper, hinder, ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, concuss, cool off, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, force, force; restrain, hem in, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, keep lid on, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun, stifle, urge, withhold
Antonyms
aid, allow, assist, delay, discourage, dissuade, encourage, free, halt, help, indulge, leave alone, let go, liberate, loosen, permit, release, repress, stop
Cross references
limitrestrainhold backconfinerestrictconstricthamperhinderbanbarbindbottle upbridlechaincheckcoercecompelconcusscool offcorkcurbdenydeprivedisallowdriveforceforce; restrainhem in
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