defection
/dɪˈfɛkʃn/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈfɛkʃn/
dɪˈfɛkʃn
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- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
dɪ - ˈfɛkʃn -> defection
Myanmar meaning
(n) တစ်ဘက်မှ အခြားတစ်ဘက်သို့ ဘက်ပြောင်းခြင်း၊ကူးပြောင်းခိုလှုံခြင်း။
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အပြစ်အနာအဆာ။ ချွတ်ယွင်းချက်။
a defect of character ❍ genetic defects ❍ mechanical defects in a car ❍ defects in the education system. ❍ MISTAKE1
v ~ (from sth) (to sth) နိုင်ငံရေးပါတီ၊ နိုင်ငံစသည်ကို စွန့်ခွာသည်။ ဘက်ပြောင်းသည်။ She defected from the Liberals and joined the Socialists. ❍ One of our spies has defected (to the enemy).
❏ defection /dÇ'fekʃn/ n [C, U] ~ (from sth) စွန့်ခွာခြင်း။ ထွက်ပြေးခြင်း။
Discontent will lead to further defections from the party. ❍ Some dissidents are considering defection.
❏ defector n ပြည်ပြေး။
a high-ranking defector seeking political asylum.
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Synonyms
imperfection, fault, flaw, blemish, shortcoming, failing, deficiency, abandon, abscond, apostatize, back out, birthmark, blot, blotch, break, break faith, bug, catch, change sides, check, crack, decamp, deformity, depart, desert, discoloration, drawback, error, faith, fall away from, foible, forsake, frailty, gap, glitch, go, go back on, go over, go over the fence, gremlin, hole, infirmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, lapse, leave, mark, marring, mistake, patch, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, rift, rough spot, run out, scar, scarcity, schism, scratch, seam, second, sell out, shortage, sin, speck, spot, spurn, stain, taint, take a walk, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn coat, turn traitor, unsoundness, vice, walk out on, want, weak point, weakness, withdraw
Antonyms
abundance, accuracy, advantage, allow, approve, benefit, blank, blessing, boon, certainty, clarity, cleanliness, closure, come, come in, continue, correction, correctness, enough, good, improvement, join, line, perfection, persevere, plenty, remain, right, stay, strength, strong point, success, sufficiency, support, truth
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