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expensive

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
ɪkˈspɛnsɪv
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ɪk - ˈspɛnsɪv -> expensive

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဈေးကြီး

Full entry

Expensive /Çk'spensÇv/ adj

ဈေးကြီးသော။ တန်ဖိုးကြီးသော။
an expensive car ❍ Houses are very expensive in this area. ❍ It's too expensive for me to buy. Compare INEXPENSIVE expensively adv : an expensively dressed woman.

More examples
  • He always wears expensive clothes.
  • It can be very expensive to train new personnel.
  • [expensive tastes] : Young people with expensive tastes and large bank accounts
  • It was an expensive decision – it cost me my job.
Synonyms
luxurious, classy, posh, exclusive, affluent, an arm and a leg, at a premium, big-ticket, costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, high-priced, highway robbery, holdup, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, out of sight, overpriced, plush, pretty penny, pricey, rich, ritzy, sky-high, steep, stiff, swank, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable, upscale, valuable
Antonyms
cheap, economical, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable, unimportant, worthless
Cross references
luxuriousclassyposhexclusiveaffluentan arm and a legat a premiumbig-ticketcostlydearexcessiveexorbitantextravagantfancyhighhigh-pricedhighway robberyholdupimmoderateinordinateinvaluablelavishout of sightoverpricedplushpretty pennypriceyrich
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