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otherwise

/ˈʌðəwʌɪz/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʌðəwʌɪz/
otherwise
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ot - her - wise -> otherwise

Myanmar meaning

(adv) တစ်မျိုး တစ်နည်းအားဖြင့်။ (conj) အကယ်၍ မဟုတ်ခဲ့လျှင်။

Full entry

otherwise /'ʌðǝwaÇz/ adv

၁။ သို့မဟုတ်လျှင်။ I had no problems, otherwise I would have telephoned you. ❍ These changes mean that we will spend less money than would otherwise have been the case.
၂။ မှတစ်ပါး။ မှလွဲ၍။ The rent is rather high, but otherwise the house is fine. ❍ He was slightly bruised, but otherwise unhurt.
၃။ တစ်နည်းအားဖြင့်။ အခြား။ တခြား။ mulled wine, otherwise known as Gluhwein ❍ I wanted to see him, but he was otherwise engaged (ie doing something else). ❍ The project was a failure, and it's no use pretending otherwise.
❏ or otherwise [IDM ] သို့မဟုတ် အခြားအကြောင်း ကြောင့်ဖြစ်စေ။ သို့မဟုတ် အခြားနည်းဖြင့်ဖြစ်စေ။ the desirability or otherwise of these changes ❍ We insure against all damage, accidental or otherwise.

More examples
  • I hope the weather improves. Otherwise, we’ll have to cancel the picnic.
  • The programme has saved thousands of children who would otherwise have died.
  • Of course they’re interested. Otherwise they wouldn’t be asking about prices.
  • He must be fairly intelligent, otherwise he wouldn’t have got into university.
  • Sarah believed Tony was innocent. Indeed she had never thought otherwise.
  • I plan to wait here unless someone tells me otherwise.
  • Governments must not ban or otherwise prevent the sale of legally imported goods.
  • Library books should not be marked, defaced, or otherwise damaged.
  • The driver suffered shock but was otherwise unhurt.
  • We have a slight problem with the temperature control, but otherwise everything’s fine.
Synonyms
or else, if not, a far cry from, antithetic, any other way, at odds, at variance, contradistinct, contradistinctive, contrarily, contrastive, different, differential, differently, diversely, else, elseways, in different circumstances, incommensurable, like night and day, mismatched, mismated, on the other hand, or then, other, poles apart, then, unalike, under other conditions, unsimilar, variously
Cross references
or elseif nota far cry fromantitheticany other wayat oddsat variancecontradistinctcontradistinctivecontrarilycontrastivedifferentdifferentialdifferentlydiverselyelseelsewaysin different circumstancesincommensurablelike night and daymismatchedmismatedon the other handor thenotherpoles apartthenunalike
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