forgive
/fəˈɡɪv/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
fə - ˈɡɪv -> forgive
(v) ခွင့်လွှတ်သည်။ ဗွေမယူ။ (အကြွေးကို) လျှော်ပစ်သည်။ (v[pt]) ခွင့်လွှတ်ခဲ့
forgive / fǝ'gÇv / v (pt forgave /fǝ'geÇv /; pp for- given /fǝ'gÇvn /)
၁။ ~ sth; ~ sb (for sth/ doing sth) ခွင့်လွှတ်သည်။ ဗွေမယူ။ I forgave her a long time ago.
❍ I don't want this to spoil our friendship — let's just forgive and forget, shall we? ❍ She forgave him his thoughtless remark. ❍ I cannot forgive myself for not going to see my mother before she died. ❍ One could be forgiven for being (ie it is natural that one would be) a little suspicious.
၂။ ~ sb (for doing sth) ခွင့်လွှတ်ပါ။ Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly are you talking about? ❍ Please forgive me for interrupting/ forgive my interrupting, but…
၃။ (အကြွေးကို) လျှော်ပစ်သည်။ Won't you forgive me such a small debt?
❏ forgivable / -ǝbl / adj ခွင့်လွှတ်နိုင်လောက်သော။ His rudeness was forgivable in the circumstances.
❏ forgiveness n [U] ခွင့်လွှတ်ခြင်း။ He asked/ begged (my) forgiveness for what he had done. ❍ She shows love and forgiveness for her enemies.
❏ forgiving adj ခွင့်လွှတ်တတ်သော။ ဗွေမယူတတ်သော။ kind and forgiving parents
❍ a forgiving nature.
- His children have never fully forgiven him.
- [forgive someone for doing something] : She eventually forgave him for forgetting her birthday.
- [forgive yourself] : John has never forgiven himself for the accident.
- [forgive someone something] : They’re nice boys, so we tend to forgive them their occasional bad behaviour.
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