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handicap

/ˈhandɪkap/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈhandɪkap/

handicap

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

han - di - cap -> handicap

Myanmar meaning

(n) အကြောပေးခြင်း။အသာပေးခြင်း။

Full entry

handicap /'hændikæp/ n

၁။ အနှောင့်အယှက်။ အဟန့်အတား။ In a job like this, lack of experience is no real handicap.
၂။ ရုပ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ (သို့) စိတ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ ချို့ယွင်းမှု၊ အားနည်းချက်။ Deafness can be a serious handicap. ❍ He strives hard to overcome his handicap.
၃။ (sport )(က) (အားကစားတွင်) အကျောပေးပြိုင်ပွဲ။ (ခ) အသာပေးခြင်း။ အကျော ပေးခြင်း။ အကျော။
၄။ (ဂေါက်သီးရိုက် ပြိုင်ပွဲတွင်) အကျော။ He's much better than I am—his handicap's 3 and I play off 11.
v (-pp- ) (esp passive) အဟန့်အတားဖြစ်သည်။ be handicapped by a lack of education.
❏ handicapped adj (sometimes offensive) ချို့တဲ့သော။ a mentally/visually handicapped child.
❏ the handicapped n [pl v ] မစွမ်းမသန်သူ။ a school for the physically handicapped. ❍ DISABILITY

More examples

Mental/physical/visual handicap
They told me that my lack of experience was a handicap.
[handicap to] : His wild past could be a handicap to his ambitions.
[handicap of] : Thousands of people suffer the handicap of not being able to read or write properly.

Synonyms

advantage, affliction, baggage, barrier, block, bulge, burden, cripple, detriment, disability, disadvantage, drawback, edge, encumber, encumbrance, favor, give disadvantage, hamper, hamstring, hangup, head start, hinder, hindrance, hog-tie, hold back, impairment, impede, impediment, injury, limit, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, odds, penalty, points, psychological baggage, put out of commission, restrict, restriction, shortcoming, sideline, start, stumbling block, take out, upper hand, vantage

Antonyms

advance, advantage, aid, allow, assist, assistance, benefit, blessing, disadvantage, drawback, encourage, facilitate, forward, freedom, further, give advantage, help, impairment, limitation, permit, promote, release, relief, restriction, shortcoming, support

Cross references

advantage affliction baggage barrier block bulge burden cripple detriment disability disadvantage drawback edge encumber encumbrance favor give disadvantage hamper hamstring hangup head start hinder hindrance hog-tie hold back impairment impede impediment

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