invention
/ɪnˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/ɪnˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/
ɪnˈvɛnʃən
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
ɪn - ˈvɛnʃən -> invention
Myanmar meaning
(n) တီထွင်မှု
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၁။ (က) [U] တီထွင်မှု။ the invention of radio by Marconi ❍ a tool of her own invention (ie invented by herself). (ခ) [C] တီထွင်မှု။ the scientific inventions of the 20th century.
(ဂ) [U] တီထွင်နိုင်စွမ်း။ ထွင်ဉာဏ်။ admire sb's artistry and invention.
၂။ (euph ) (က) [U] ထွင်လုံး။ I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention.
(ခ) [C] ထွင်လုံး။ The mysterious stranger she mentioned turned out to be an invention.
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Synonyms
creation, discovery, development, apparatus, baby, black box, brainchild, coinage, concoction, contraption, contrivance, creativeness, creativity, deceit, design, device, doodad, fabrication, fake, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fertility, fib, fiction, figment, forgery, gadget, genius, gimmick, gizmo, imagination, implement, ingenuity, innovation, innovativeness, inspiration, inventiveness, lie, lies, novelty, opus, original, originality, origination, prevarication, resourcefulness, sham, story, tall story, untruth, yarn
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