prevaricate
/prɪˈvarɪkeɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/prɪˈvarɪkeɪt/
prɪˈvarɪkeɪt
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
prɪ - ˈvarɪkeɪt -> prevaricate
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
prevaricate /prÇ'værÇkeÇt/ v (fml ) ~ (on/over sth)
မလိမ့်တပတ် လုပ်သည်၊ ပြောသည်။ ဝေ့လည်လည်လုပ်သည်။ ‘Who?’ she prevaricated, knowing perfectly well who he meant. ❍ The government has deliberately prevaricated over the EU directive.
❏ prevarication /prÇværÇ'keÇʃn/ n [U, C] လှိမ့်လုံး။ The report was full of lies and prevarications.
More examples
- prevaricate /prÇ'værÇkeÇt/ v ( fml ) ~ (on/over sth) မလိမ့်တပတ် လုပ်သည်၊ ပြောသည်။ ဝေ့လည်လည်လုပ်သည်။ ‘Who?’ she prevaricated, knowing perfectly well who he meant.
- The government has deliberately prevaricated over the EU directive. ❏ prevarication /prÇværÇ'keÇʃn/ n [U, C] လှိမ့်လုံး။ The report was full of lies and prevarications.
Synonyms
hedge, evade, beat around the bush, quibble, stall, put off, dither, dissemble, beg the question, belie, cavil, con, distort, dodge, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, fib, fudge, garble, invent, jive, lie, misrepresent, misspeak, misstate, palter, phony up, put on, shift, shuffle, tergiversate
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