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lest

/lɛst/

US pronunciation
American sound/lɛst/
lest
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> lest

Myanmar meaning

(conj) စိုး၍၊ စိုးရိမ်၍။ မ …စေရန်။

Full entry

lest / lest / conj (fml )

၁။ …စိုး၍၊ စိုးရိမ်၍။ မ …စေရန်။
He disguised himself lest he be recognized. ❍ Lest anyone should think my story strange, let me assure you that it is all quite true.
၂။ (used after fear, be afraid, be anxious, etc) …မည်စိုး၍။
She was afraid lest he might drown. သူရေနစ်မည် စိုး၍ စိတ်ပူနေသည်။

More examples
  • Helen turned the radio down lest she should miss the phone ringing.
Synonyms
in case, for fear that, in order to avoid, so as not to, so that, to prevent
Cross references
in casefor fear thatin order to avoidso as not toso thatto preventafraidallanyoneassuredrownhimselfletmightquitesheshouldstorystrangethatthinktruewasyou
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