hesitation
/hɛzɪˈteɪʃn/
US pronunciation
American sound/hɛzɪˈteɪʃn/
hɛzɪˈteɪʃn
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 3rd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
hɛzɪ - ˈteɪʃn -> hesitation
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ~ (at/ about/ over sth ) တုံ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ ဆုတ်ဆိုင်းသည်။ ဆိုင်းငံ့သည်။ ချီတုံချတုံဖြစ်သည်။ She replied without hesitating. ❍ She hesitated before replying. (saying ) He who hesitates is lost. ❍ He's still hesitating about joining/ over whether to join the expedition.
၂။ တွန့်ဆုတ်သည်။ ဝန်လေးသည်။ I hesitate to spend that much money on clothes. ❍ Don't hesitate to tell us if you have a problem.
❏ hesitation /hezÇ'teÇʃn/ n [U, C]: She agreed without the slightest hesitation. ❍ There's no time/ room for hesitation. ❍ His frequent hesitations annoyed the audience.
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be uncertain, be indecisive, vacillate, waver, falter, dither, shilly-shally, pause, dilly-dally, dawdle, delay, alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, demur, dillydally, doubt, equivocate, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang, hang back, have qualms, hedge, hem and haw, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot, scruple, seesaw, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice, waffle, weigh
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