indefinite
/ɪnˈdɛfɪnət/
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American sound/ɪnˈdɛfɪnət/
ɪnˈdɛfɪnət
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ɪn - ˈdɛfɪnət -> indefinite
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indefinite / Çn'defÇnǝt / adj
၁။ အချိန်အကန့်အသတ် မရှိသော။ an indefinite strike ❍ She'll be away for an indefinite period.
၂။ (ဤအဘိဓာန်၌ indef ဟု အတိုကောက် သုံးသည်။ ) မရေရာသော။ မပြတ်သားသော။ He gave me an indefinite answer (ie neither ‘yes’ nor ‘no’).
❑ indefinite article n (grammar ) အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ၌ a (သို့) an စာလုံး။
Compare DEFINITE ARTICLE
❑ indefinitely adv အကန့်အသတ်မရှိ။
A decision has been postponed indefinitely.
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imprecise, vague, hazy, wooly, unclear, blurred, indistinct, ambiguous, broad, confused, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, evasive, general, ill-defined, indeterminable, indeterminate, inexact, inexhaustible, infinite, innumerable, intangible, loose, noncommittal, obscure, open-ended, shadowy, uncertain, undecided, undefined, undependable, undetermined, unfixed, unknown, unlimited, unsettled, unspecific, unspecified, unsure, wide, woolly
Antonyms
absolutely, admittedly, all in all, as a matter of fact, astonishingly, authentically, be sure, beyond doubt, beyond question, beyond shadow of a doubt, beyond shadow of doubt, bounded, categorically, certain, come hell or high water, come what may, confirmedly, consummately, decisively, definite, devotedly, distinct, doubtless, exactly, exaggeratedly, explicitly, factually, faultlessly, finite, fixedly, for a fact, for certain, for real, in actuality, in all respects, in every respect, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, in toto, in truth, incontrovertibly, indeed, indefensibly, indispensably, indisputably, inexorably, infallibly, irrefutably, legitimately, limited, manifestly, methodically, no ifs ands or buts, no mistake, no strings attached, nothing else but, noticeably, on the button, on the dot, on the money, on the nail, precise, pressingly, prodigiously, quite, rain or shine, really, righteously, rigorously, specified, staunchly, straight out, superlatively, sure, sure as can be, sure as hell, sure enough, surely, surpassingly
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