mainspring
/ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ/
mainspring
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
main - spring -> mainspring
Myanmar meaning
လက်ပက်နာရီ၊ တိုင်ကပ်နာရီ၏ အဓိက စပရင်။ အဓိက ရည်ရွယ်လှုပ်ရှားသော အင်အား။
Full entry
mainspring / 'meÇnsprÇŋ / (usu sing ) n
၁။ အဓိက အစိတ်အပိုင်း (သို့) အကြောင်း။ Small companies are the mainspring of the British economy. ❍ The love of literature was a mainspring of her life.
၂။ နာရီပင်မသံပတ်။
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- mainspring / 'meÇnsprÇŋ / (usu sing ) n ၁။ အဓိက အစိတ်အပိုင်း (သို့) အကြောင်း။ Small companies are the mainspring of the British economy.
- The love of literature was a mainspring of her life. ၂။ နာရီပင်မသံပတ်။
Synonyms
account, agency, agent, aim, ancestor, ancestry, anchor, antecedent, author, base, basic idea, basis, bedrock, beginning, beginnings, bottom, bottom line, bubbler, causality, causation, cause, center, chief motive, chief reason, connection, consideration, core, cornerstone, creator, criterion, crux, derivation, design, determinant, doer, drive, driving force, dynamo, egg, element, embryo, emotion, end, essence, essential, essentiality, explanation, feeling, font, footing, foundation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, fundamental, generator, genesis, germ, geyser, gist, ground, grounds, groundwork, gush, heart, horse's mouth, idea, impelling cause, impetus, impulse, incentive, inception, incitement, inducement, influence, infrastructure, inspiration, instigation, intent, intention, jet, kernel, key element, keystone, leaven, linchpin, lode, main ingredient, mainstay, maker, marrow, matter, measure, mine, mother, motivating force, motivation, motive, motive force, nub, nucleus, object, occasion, origin, originator, parent, parentage, passion, pillar, pith, play, prime mover, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, pump, purpose, quick, quintessence, radicle, radix, rationale, reason, reservoir, rhizome, rock bottom, root, roots, rootstock, seat, seed, soul, source, spout, spray, spring, spur, standard, starting point, stem, stimulation, stimulus, stock, stream, stuff, substance, substratum, theme, thinking, tuber, underpinning, virtuality, vital element, well, wellhead, wellspring
Antonyms
close, completion, conclusion, consequence, death, derivation, derivative, destiny, deterrent, development, discouragement, effect, end, ending, exterior, exteriority, extra, finale, finish, fruit, goal, hindrance, issue, neglect, outcome, outgrowth, outside, periphery, product, result, sprout, surface, termination, thoughtlessness, top, trivia
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