generous
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs/
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American sound/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs/
generous
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ge - ne - rous -> generous
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ (က) ရက်ရောသော။ စေတနာ ကောင်းသော။ ပေးကမ်းစွန့်ကြဲတတ်သော။ generous with one's money/ in giving help ❍ It was generous of you to share your food with me.
(ခ) များပြားသော။ အများကြီး။ တဝကြီး။ a generous gift/ offer/ increase ❍ a generous helping of potatoes.
၂။ သဘောထားကြီးသော။ စိတ်ရင်း ကောင်းသော။ a generous mind/ spirit ❍ A wise ruler is generous in victory.
❏ generously adv ရက်ရက်ရောရော။ ရက်ရောစွာ။ ချောင်ချောင် ချိချိ။ Please give generously. ❍ a dress that is generously cut (ie uses plenty of material).
More examples
- Merton is clearly a warm and generous person.
- [generous to] : Billy was very generous to people who had less than he did.
- [generous with] : Lawyers have been generous with their time and talents.
- [generous of someone (to do something)] : That’s very generous of you.
- The committee expressed thanks to everyone for their generous donations.
- A generous gift
- A generous gesture
- A generous helping of rice
- A generous court settlement
- There are generous discounts to groups of ten or more.
- Thank you for your generous comments.
- They gave generously to local charities.
- ‘I’ll take the kids, ’ Nicky offered generously.
Synonyms
kind, liberal, bighearted, openhanded, munificent, giving, charitable, abundant, acceptable, affluent, altruistic, ample, aplenty, beneficent, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, considerate, copious, dime a dozen, easy, equitable, excellent, fair, free, full, galore, good, greathearted, handsome, helpful, high-minded, honest, honorable, hospitable, just, kindhearted, kindly, large, lavish, lofty, loose, luxuriant, magnanimous, moderate, no end, no end in sight, noble, open-handed, overflowing, philanthropic, plenteous, plentiful, princely, prodigal, profuse, reasonable, rich, soft-touch, stinking with, substantial, thoughtful, tolerant, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting, wealthy, willing
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