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deflection

/dɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
dɪˈflɛkʃən
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

dɪ - ˈflɛkʃən -> deflection

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကွေးခြင်း

Full entry

deflect /dÇ'flekt/ v

၁။ တစ်စုံတစ်ခုကိုထိ၍ လမ်းကြောင်း လွဲချော် သွားသည်၊ ချော်ထွက်သွားသည်၊ လွှဲဖည်သည်။ The bullet deflected from the wall. ❍ One of the defenders accidentally deflected the ball into the net.
ဘောလုံးကို ကန်ထုတ်ရာ၌ ဂိုးထဲချော်ခတ်မိသည်။ ❍ (fig ) The chairman tried to deflect the shareholders' criticism.
၂။ ~ sb (from sth) ဦးတည်ချက်မှ သွေဖည်စေသည်။ She will not be easily deflected from her purpose.
❏ deflection /dÇ'flekʃn/ n
၁။ (က) [U] တစ်စုံ တစ်ခုကိုထိ၍ လမ်းကြောင်းလွဲသွားခြင်း၊ ချော်ထွက်သွားခြင်း၊ တိမ်းစောင်းသွား ခြင်း။
(ခ) [C] လွဲချော်မှု၊ တိမ်းစောင်းမှုပမာဏ။
The smallest deflection of the missile could bring disaster. ❍ The ball took a huge deflection and beat the goalkeeper.
၂။ [C, U] သုညအမှတ်မှ ဒိုင်ခွက်ညွှန်တံ ပြသည့်ထောင့်။

More examples
  • The company was criticized for trying to deflect the blame for the accident.
  • [deflect something from something] : It was designed to deflect attention from domestic political problems.
  • [deflect someone from (doing) something] : Violence will not deflect us from seeking a peaceful political settlement to the problems.
  • His long range shot was deflected by the goalkeeper.
Synonyms
turn aside, ward off, repel, redirect, sidetrack, avert, prevent, draw away, bend, bounce, cover up, curve, deviate, disperse, diverge, divert, fend, glance, glance off, hold off, hook, keep off, parry, pivot, rebound, refract, ricochet, sheer, shy, slew, slip, swerve, twist, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, wind
Antonyms
attract, stay, straighten
Cross references
turn asideward offrepelredirectsidetrackavertpreventdraw awaybendbouncecover upcurvedeviatedispersedivergedivertfendglanceglance offhold offhookkeep offparrypivotreboundrefractricochetsheer
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