degeneration
/dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
dɪ - ˌdʒɛnə - ˈreɪʃən -> degeneration
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ယိုယွင်း လာခြင်း။ ဆုတ်ယုတ်လာခြင်း။ ယိုယွင်းလာမှု။ ဆုတ်ယုတ်လာမှု။
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degenerate /dÇ'dʒenǝreÇt/ v
~ (from sth) (into sth) (ကိုယ်၊ စိတ်၊ အကျင့်) ကျဆင်းသည်၊ ဆုတ်ယုတ်သည်၊ ယိုယွင်းသည်။
His health is degenerating rapidly. ❍ The march degenerated into a riot.
/dÇ'dʒenǝrǝt/ adj အကျင့်ပျက်သော။ ယိုယွင်းသော။ degenerate art/behaviour.
/dÇ'dʒenerǝt/ n ကိုယ်ကျင့်တရားပျက်သူ။ degeneracy /dÇ'dʒenǝrǝsi/ n [U]
❏ degeneration /dÇdʒenǝ'reÇʃn/ n [U]
(က) ယိုယွင်း လာခြင်း။ ဆုတ်ယုတ်လာခြင်း။
the slow degeneration of his mental faculties.
(ခ) ယိုယွင်းလာမှု။ ဆုတ်ယုတ်လာမှု။
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deteriorate, disintegrate, worsen, collapse, be reduced to, relapse, sink, slip, fall, backslide, base, come apart at seams, corrode, corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, decay, decayed, decline, decrease, degenerated, degraded, demeaned, deprave, depraved, descend, deteriorated, die on vine, disimprove, dissolute, effete, failing, fall off, fallen, flatitious, go downhill, go to pieces, go to the dogs, immoral, infamous, lapse, lessen, low, mean, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, nefarious, overripe, perverted, rascal, reduce, regress, reprobate, retrograde, retrogress, retrogressive, return, revert, rot, rotten, sinking, sinner, troublemaker, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, vitiate, vitiated, wicked, wrongdoer
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