precise
/prɪˈsʌɪs/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
prɪ - ˈsʌɪs -> precise
(adj) ရှင်းလင်းတိကျသော။ အတိအကျ။ $ အပ်ကျမပ်ကျဂရုတစိုက်သေချာသော။ တိကျမှန်ကန်သော။ အနုစိတ်လွန်းသော။
၁။ ရှင်းလင်းတိကျသော။ give precise details/ instructions/ measurements ❍ a clear and precise description of the incident.
၂။ အတိအကျ။ at that precise moment ❍ What were her precise words? ❍ It cost about $1000, I think—I'm not sure of the precise amount.
၃။ အပ်ကျမပ်ကျ ဂရုတစိုက်သေချာသော။ တိကျ မှန်ကန်သော။ အနုစိတ်လွန်းသော။ a precise worker/ manner ❍ The answer is 100, or 99.8 to be precise. ❍ (often derog ) a person with a very prim and precise manner.
❏ precisely adv
၁။ (က) တိတိ။ ကွက်တိ။ အံကိုက်။ အပ်ကျမပ်ကျ။ at 2 o'clock precisely ❍ do precisely the opposite of what was asked ❍ I can't remember precisely what happened. ❍ That is precisely what I mean. ❍ It is precisely because I care about them that I won't let them go to nightclubs with their friends. (ခ) တိတိ ကျကျ။ ဂရုတစိုက်။ အတိအကျ။ ဂဃဏန။ time/ judge/ define sth precisely ❍ He enunciated the words very precisely.
၂။ ဒီအတိုင်းပါပဲ။ ထုံးစံအတိုင်းပေါ့။ ‘He was drunk again?’ ‘Precisely’.
- Lara was able to tell me everything that had happened in precise detail.
- There is no precise definition of a storm.
- Can you be a bit more precise?
- The precise date and place of his birth are unknown.
- At that precise moment, someone came round the corner.
- The result of the reforms was the precise opposite of the emperor’s intention.
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