evasion
/ɪˈveɪʒ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˈveɪʒ(ə)n/
ɪˈveɪʒən
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -sion sound
ɪ - ˈveɪʒən -> evasion
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရှောင်တိမ်းခြင်း။
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၁။ [C, U] ရှောင်တိမ်းမှု။ ရှောင်လွှဲမှု။
the burglar's evasion of the police
❍ her deliberate/systematic evasion of responsibility ❍ He's been charged with tax evasion.
၂။ [C] လှီးလွှဲချက်။ ကွေ့လည်ကြောင်ပတ်။
His speech was full of evasions and half-truths.
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avoidance, dodging, elusion, fudging, skirting, shirking, artifice, circumvention, cop-out, cunning, ditch, dodge, ducking, equivocating, equivocation, escape, eschewal, evading, evasiveness, excuse, fancy footwork, fugiviteness, fugivity, hedging, jive, lie, obliqueness, pretext, prevarication, quibble, routine, run-around, ruse, shift, shuffling, shunning, slip, sophism, sophistry, stall, stonewall, stonewalling, subterfuge, trick, trickery
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