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excuse

/ɛkˈskjuːz/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɛkˈskjuːz/
ɛkˈskjuːz
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ɛk - ˈskjuːz -> excuse

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဆင်ခြေ။ ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက်။ စောဒက။ အကြောင်းပြချက်။ အခွင့်အလမ်း။ ခွင့်လွှတ် သည်။ ဆင်ခြေပေးသည်။ အကြောင်းပြသည်။ ခွင့်ပန်သည်။ ခွင့်တောင်းသည်။ ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ လွတ်ငြိမ်းခွင့်ပေးသည်။ (v) ခွင့်လွှတ်

Full entry

excuse /Çk'skju:s/ n

၁။ ~ (for sth/for doing sth) ဆင်ခြေ။ ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက်။ စောဒက။ He's always making excuses for being late. ❍ Late again? What's your excuse this time? ❍ There's no excuse for such behaviour. ❍ He made his excuses (ie He said sorry and gave his reasons for leaving early) and left.
၂။ ~ (for sth/doing sth); ~ (to do sth) အကြောင်းပြချက်။ အခွင့်အလမ်း။ a good excuse for a party ❍ The party gave me an excuse to wear my new dress.
/Çk'skju:z/ v
၁။ ~ sth; ~ sb (for sth/doing sth) ခွင့်လွှတ် သည်။ Please excuse my late arrival. ❍ Excuse me for being late. ❍ The audience could be excused for thinking it was an amateur production. ❍ Excuse my interrupting you.
၂။ (က) ~ sth; ~ sb/oneself for sth/doing sth ဆင်ခြေပေးသည်။ အကြောင်းပြသည်။ Nothing can excuse such rudeness. ❍ He excused himself for being late by saying that his car had broken down. (ခ) ~ oneself ခွင့်ပန်သည်။ ခွင့်တောင်းသည်။ She excused herself hurriedly, and ran out of the room.
၃။ ~ sb (from sth) (esp passive) ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ လွတ်ငြိမ်းခွင့်ပေးသည်။ He was excused (from) piano practice. ❍ She excused herself from the walk saying she didn't feel well. ❍ Only pregnant women can be excused.
❏ be excused [IDM ] (often euph ) (ကျောင်းသားများ အပြင်ထွက်လို၍ ပန်ကြားသောစကား)။ ခွင့်ပြုပါ။
Please can I be excused?
❏ excusable /Çk'skju:zǝbl/ adj ခွင့်လွှတ်နိုင်လောက်သော။
Their mistake was excusable. Compare INEXCUSABLE
❏ excuse me [IDM ]
၁။ တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်။ ကျေးဇူးပြု၍။
Excuse me, do you have the right time?
၂။ (ကြားဖြတ် ပြောလိုရာ၌ အယဉ်အကျေးသုံးသောစကား)။ ခွင့်ပြုပါ။
Please excuse me while I answer the telephone. ❍ Excuse me, but I don't think that's quite true.
၃။ excuse me? (esp US ) ပြန်ပြောပါဦး။

More examples
  • A reasonable/valid/legitimate excuse
  • [excuse for] : What excuse did they give for the delay?
  • [have an excuse] : Joe was late, but as always he had an excuse.
  • [make/give an excuse] : He made some excuse about having a lot of work to do.
  • [excuse for] : Birthdays are always a good excuse for a party.
  • [an excuse to do something] : Emily was glad of an excuse to change the subject.
Synonyms
reason, justification, explanation, pretext, defense, apology, plea, absolve, absolve; justify, acquit, alibi, apologize for, appease, bear with, cleanup, clear, condone, cop-out, cover, cover story, coverup, defend, discharge, disguise, dispense from, evasion, except, exculpate, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, expedient, explain, extenuate, extenuation, fish story, forgive, free, give absolution, grant amnesty, grounds, indulge, jive, justify, let go, let off, liberate, make allowances for, makeshift, mitigate, mitigation, overlook, pardon, pass over, plead ignorance, purge, rationalization, rationalize, regrets, release, relieve, remit, reprieve, routine, semblance, shift, shrive, shrug off, song, song and dance, spare, stall, stopgap, story, substitute, subterfuge, take rap for, tolerate, trick, vindicate, vindication, whitewash, why and wherefore, wink at
Antonyms
accuse, aggravate, blame, censure, charge, condemn, damn, hold, hurt, incite, irritate, keep, limit, maintain, oblige, permanent, prevent, punish, restrain, reveal, sentence
Cross references
reasonjustificationexplanationpretextdefenseapologypleaabsolveabsolve; justifyacquitalibiapologize forappeasebear withcleanupclearcondonecop-outcovercover storycoverupdefenddischargedisguisedispense fromevasionexceptexculpate
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