genuine
/ˈdʒɛnjʊɪn/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdʒɛnjʊɪn/
genuine
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- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ge - nuine -> genuine
Myanmar meaning
(adj) စစ်မှန်သော။
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၁။ အစစ်အမှန်ဖြစ်သော။ အစစ်။ a genuine Rubens (ie a painting definitely by Rubens himself, not by sb copying his style) ❍ a genuine antique.
၂။ စစ်မှန်သော။ ရိုးသားသော။ သဘောရိုးဖြစ်သော။ a genuine offer of help ❍ She seems genuine, but can I trust her?
❏ genuinely adv အကယ်ပင်။ အမှန်ပင်။ အမှန်တကယ်။ genuinely sorry.
❏ genuineness n [U] အစစ်၊ အမှန်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။
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- Morley looked at her with genuine concern.
- We are doing everything we can to help people to work towards genuine democracy.
- It was a genuine mistake and we ought to forgive him.
- He is a genuine political refugee who has reason to fear persecution.
- It was undoubtedly a genuine 18th century desk.
- Greg was a humble, genuine person.
Synonyms
real, authentic, indisputable, true, unadulterated, actual, legitimate, valid, -carat, 24-carat, absolute, accurate, artless, authenticate, bona fide, candid, certain, demonstrable, earnest, exact, factual, frank, good, hard, heartfelt, honest, indubitable, known, kosher, literal, natural, official, open, original, palpable, plain, positive, precise, proved, pure, reliable, righteous, sincere, sound, sterling, trustworthy, unaffected, unaffected; honest, undesigning, unfeigned, unimpeachable, unpretended, unpretentious, unquestionable, up front, well-established
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