erection
/ɪˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/
ɪˈrɛkʃən
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
ɪ - ˈrɛkʃən -> erection
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ မတ်သော။ ထောင်မတ်သော။ hold oneself/ stand erect ❍ Sit comfortably with your head erect. ❍ The dog's ears were erect and alert.
၂။ (ယောကျ်ားလိင်) တောင်သော။ (နို့သီး)တင်းမာသော။
v (fml )
၁။ ဆောက်သည်။ တည်သည်။
They plan to demolish the house next door and erect a block of flats in its place.
❍ A statue/monument was erected to
(ie to honour the memory of) Queen Victoria.
၂။ စိုက်သည်။ ထောင်သည်။ ထူသည်။ e
rect a tent/sign/screen ❍ (fig ) erect a new charter of social values.
❏ erection /Ç'rekʃn/ n
၁။ [U] (fml ) ဆောက်လုပ်ခြင်း။ ဆောက်လုပ်မှုအခြေအနေ။ The erection of the building took almost a year.
၂။ [C] ယောကျ်ား လိင်တောင်ခြင်း။ get/have an erection.
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upright, vertical, straight, rigid, stiff, arrect, assemble, bring about, build, build; establish, cobble up, cock, cocked, compose, construct, create, effect, elevate, elevated, erectile, establish, fabricate, fashion, firm, fit together, forge, form, found, frame, fudge together, heighten, hoist, initiate, institute, join, knock together, lift, make, make up, manufacture, mount, organize, perpendicular, pitch, plant, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, raised, rear, run up, set up, shape, stand, stand up, standing, straight up, throw together, throw up, upraise, uprear, upstanding
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