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degradation

/ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃən
Syllables
4 syllables
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3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

ˌdɛɡrə - ˈdeɪʃən -> degradation

Myanmar meaning

(n) အောက်တန်းကျခြင်း။ ဆင်းရဲမွတေခြင်း။ သိက္ခာကျခြင်း၊ ချခြင်း။

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degrade /dÇ'greÇd/ v

၁။ (က) တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက်ကို (သို့) မိမိကိုယ်ကို အဆင့်အတန်းကျစေသည်။ အရိုအသေတန်စေသည်။ သိက္ခာချသည်။
degrade oneself by cheating and telling lies ❍ Pornography degrades human dignity.
(ခ) အရည် အသွေး နိမ့်ကျစေသည်၊ ပျက်စီးစေသည်။
Pollution is degrading the environment.
၂။ (techn ) (ဓာတ်သဘာဝ စသည်) ဖွဲ့စည်းမှု ပြိုကွဲသည်၊ လျော့ပါးသွားသည်။
Many materials will degrade if buried, but this can take a long time. degradable adj (techn ): degradable plastics. See also BIODEGRADABLE
❏ degradation /degrǝ'deÇʃn/ n [U] အောက်တန်းကျခြင်း။ ဆင်းရဲမွဲတေခြင်း။
သိက္ခာကျခြင်း၊ ချခြင်း။
living in utter degradation (eg extreme poverty). ❍ Being sent to prison was the final degradation.
❏ degrading adj (derog ) အရှက်ရစေသော။ သိမ်ငယ်စေ သော။ နှိမ်သော။
their humiliating and degrading treatment of prisoners.

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  • Under no circumstances can the quality of nursing be allowed to be degraded.
Synonyms
humiliate, shame, disgrace, mortify, demean, debase, corrupt, abase, belittle, bemean, bench, break, break down, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cheapen, cut down, cut down to size, damage, debauch, decay, declass, decompose, decry, degenerate, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, detract, diminish, disbar, discredit, dishonor, disintegrate, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, mudsling, pan, perish, pervert, put down, reduce, rot, rule out, run down, shoot down, sink, slam, take down, take down a peg, tear down, vitiate, weaken, worsen
Antonyms
admire, aid, approve, assist, build up, compliment, develop, elevate, enhance, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fix, flatter, grow, help, honor, improve, increase, laud, mend, praise, promote, purify, raise, rise, strengthen, upgrade
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