obedience
/əˈbiːdɪəns/
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American sound/əˈbiːdɪəns/
əˈbiːdɪəns
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Final e often stays silent
ə - ˈbiːdɪəns -> obedience
Myanmar meaning
(n) နာခံမှု။ လိုက်နာမှု။
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obedient / ǝ' bi:diǝnt / adj ~ (to sb/sth )
လိုက်နာသော။ နာခံသော။ ကျိုးနွံသော။
obedient children m His dog is very obedient. m The party is naturally obedient to the will of its leader. Compare DISOBEDIENT
❏ obedience / -ǝns / n [U] ~ (to sb/sth ) လိုက်နာမှု။ နွံနာခြင်း။ ရိုကျိုးခြင်း။
The tribes were forced to accept obedience to the Jewish law. m He expected unquestioning/blind obedience from his men.
❏ obediently adv ကျိုးကျိုးနွံနွံ။ She whistled, and the dog came obediently.
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compliant, dutiful, submissive, respectful, subservient, deferential, well-trained, docile, tractable, amenable, acquiescent, at one's beck and call, attentive, biddable, complaisant, controllable, devoted, docious, duteous, faithful, governable, honoring, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, in the power of, law-abiding, loyal, meek, obeisant, obliging, observant, on a string, pliant, regardful, resigned, reverential, sheeplike, substract, tame, under, under control, unquestioning, venerating, well-behaved; submissive, willing, wrapped around finger, yielding
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