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discretionary

/dɪˈskrɛʃ(ə)n(ə)ri/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈskrɛʃ(ə)n(ə)ri/
dɪˈskrɛʃənəri
Syllables
5 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

dɪ - ˈskrɛʃənəri -> discretionary

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မိမိဘာသာဆုံးဖြတ်၍ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော။

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discretion /dÇ'skreʃn/ n [U]

၁။ လိမ္မာသိုသိပ်မှု။ နှုတ်လုံမှု။
She acted with considerable discretion. ❍ This is a secret, but I know I can rely on your discretion (ie be completely certain you will not tell anyone).
၂။ ကိုယ်ပိုင် ဆုံးဖြတ်ခွင့်။
Don't keep asking me what to do—use your own discretion. ❍ An extra grant may be awarded in a few cases, at the discretion of the committee.
❏ discretion is the better part of valour [IDM ] (saying usu joc ) မလိုအပ်ဘဲ စွန့်စားခြင်းသည် အဓိပ္ပာယ်မရှိ။
❏ discretionary /dÇ'skreʃǝnǝri; US - neri/ adj လိုအပ်လျှင် လိုအပ်သလို လုပ်သော၊ ပေးသော။ discretionary powers/measures ❍ discretionary payments to old people in winter.

More examples
  • [at someone’s discretion] : Shops will exchange unwanted goods entirely at their discretion.
  • [exercise/use discretion] : Teachers must be allowed to exercise their own discretion in choosing suitable classroom materials.
  • The investigation will be carried out with the utmost discretion.
Synonyms
carefulness, judgment, prudence, caution, acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, chariness, choice, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, decision, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, freedom of choice, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, moderation, observation, option, perspicacity, pleasure, precaution, presence of mind, providence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, will, wisdom
Antonyms
carelessness, disregard, heedlessness, ignorance, inattention, indifference, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, omission, thoughtlessness
Cross references
carefulnessjudgmentprudencecautionacumenattentioncalculationcanninesscarecharinesschoicecircumspectionconcernconsideratenessconsiderationdecisiondeliberationdiplomacydiscernmentdiscriminationforesightforethoughtfreedom of choicegood sensegumptionheedheedfulnessjudiciousness
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