deflation
/dɪˈfleɪʃ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈfleɪʃ(ə)n/
dɪˈfleɪʃən
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
dɪ - ˈfleɪʃən -> deflation
Myanmar meaning
(n) ငွေကြေးဖောင်းပွမှုလျော့ပါးစေရေးအတွက် ရည်ရွယ်ဆောင်ရွက်မှု။
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deflate v
၁။ /di:'fleÇt, dÇ-/ (က) တာယာစသည် လေလျှော့သည်။ (ခ) (တာယာစသည်) လေလျော့နေသည်။ (လေမရှိဖြစ်သည်။ )
၂။ /dÇ'fleÇt/ သိမ်ငယ်စေသည်။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျစေသည်။
I felt really deflated by your nasty remark. ❍ Nothing could deflate his ego.
၃။ /di:'fleÇt/ (ကုန်ဈေးနှုန်း ကျဆင်း တည်ငြိမ်စေရန် အစိုးရ) အသုံးစရိတ်လျှော့ချသည်။
The government were forced to deflate (the economy). Compare INFLATE ၃, REFLATE
❏ deflation /-eÇʃn/ n [U] လျှော့ခြင်း။ လျှော့ချခြင်း။ သိမ်ငယ်စေခြင်း။
deflationary /di:'fleÇʃnǝri; US -neri/ adj : a deflationary policy/measure.
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let down, go down, let the air out of, collapse, shrink, reduce, puncture, belittle, chasten, cut down to size, dash, debunk, decrease, depreciate, depress, destroy, devalue, diminish, disconcert, dispirit, empty, exhaust, flatten, humble, humiliate, kick in the teeth, knock down, let down easy, let the air out, let wind out of sails, lower, mortify, puncture balloon, put down, quash, shoot down, snub, squash, take down, take the wind out of somebody's sails, void
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