prise
/prʌɪz/
US pronunciation
American sound/prʌɪz/
prise
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> prise
Myanmar meaning
prise, (esp Amer) prize [praiz](v) to use force to dislodge (something) from its position: ကော်ထုတ်သည်။ ကုတ်ကော်သည်။ ကန့်သည်။ He prised open the lid with a knife. သူသည် မောင်းချဓားဖြင့် အဖုံးကို ကန့်သည်။
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prise /praÇz/ (also esp US prize /praÇz/, US pry /praÇ/) v
ကလန့်သည်။ ကော်သည်။ ကလော်သည်။ ခွဲသည်။ She used a screwdriver to prise off/up the lid. ❍ The referee needed all his strength to prise the two boxers apart. ❍ The box had been prised open.
❏ prise sth out of sb [PHRV ] အစ်အောက်သည်။ နှိုက်ထုတ် သည်။ She refused to tell us, and nothing we could do could prise the information out of her.
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- prise /praÇz/ (also esp US prize /praÇz/, US pry /praÇ/) v ကလန့်သည်။ ကော်သည်။ ကလော်သည်။ ခွဲသည်။ She used a screwdriver to prise off/up the lid.
- The referee needed all his strength to prise the two boxers apart.
- The box had been prised open. ❏ prise sth out of sb [PHRV] အစ်အောက်သည်။ နှိုက်ထုတ် သည်။ She refused to tell us, and nothing we could do could prise the information out of her.
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