persuasion
/pəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n/
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American sound/pəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n/
pəˈsweɪʒən
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- 2nd syllable stress
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pə - ˈsweɪʒən -> persuasion
Myanmar meaning
(n) ဆွဆောင်မှု။ စည်းရုံးရေး။ ဖျောင်းဖျမှု။ တိုက်တွန်းမှု။ အယူဝါဒဂိုဏ်းဂဏ။
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persuasion /pǝ'sweÇʒn/ n
၁။ [U] ဆွဲဆောင်မှု။ စည်းရုံးရေး။ ဖျောင်းဖျမှု။ တိုက်တွန်းမှု။ She has great powers of persuasion. ❍ After a lot of persuasion, he agreed to come. ❍ Gentle persuasion is more effective than force. ❍ I wasn't planning to go, but I'm open to persuasion.
၂။ [C] အယူဝါဒ ဂိုဏ်းဂဏ။ people of all persuasions.
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influence, point of view, advice, urging, wiles, opinion, arguments, affiliation, alignment, alluring, arm-twist, belief, believe, bias, blandishment, brainwashing, cajolery, camp, certitude, church, coaxing, cogency, communion, con, connection, conversion, conviction, credo, creed, cult, denomination, encouragement, enticement, exhortation, eye, faction, faith, feeling, force, goose, hard sell, hook, inducement, inveiglement, mind, order, partiality, party, persuading, persuasiveness, potency, power, predilection, prejudice, promote, pull, religion, school, school of thought, sect, seduction, sell, sentiment, side, snow job, soft soap, squeeze, sweet talk, tenet, view, wheedling, winning over, working over
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