decree
/dɪˈkriː/
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American sound/dɪˈkriː/
dɪˈkriː
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- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
dɪ - ˈkriː -> decree
Myanmar meaning
(n) ဒီကရီ
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၁။ အမိန့်။ ဥပဒေ။
issue a decree ❍ rule by decree (ie without asking advice from others).
၂။ ရုံးတော်၏အမိန့်။ ဒီကရီ။
v (pt, pp decreed ) အမိန့်ချမှတ်သည်။ အမိန့်ပေးသည်။ ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာသည်။
The governor decreed a day of mourning. ❍ (fig ) Fate decreed that they would not meet again.
❏ decree absolute n (pl decrees absolute ) တရားရုံးတော် က လင်မယား အပြတ်ကွာရှင်းခွင့်ပေးသော အမိန့်။
❏ decree nisi /'naÇsaÇ/ n (pl decrees nisi ) အခိုင်အမာ အကြောင်းပြချက် မပေးနိုင်လျှင် သတ်မှတ်ချိန် ကျော်လွန်မှသာ လင်မယားကွာရှင်းခွင့်ပြုသော ရုံးအမိန့်။
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ruling, verdict, announcement, pronouncement, declaration, judgment, diktat, order, law, act, announce, authorize, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, compel, constrain, decide, declare, decretum, demand, determine, dictate, dictum, direct, direction, directive, edict, enact, enactment, force, impose, injunction, instruction, lay down the law, legal order, mandate, oblige, ordain, ordinance, precept, prescribe, prescript, proclaim, proclamation, promulgation, pronounce, put one's foot down, rap, read the riot act, regulation, require, rule, say, set, statute, the riot act, the word, ukase
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