propriety
/prəˈprʌɪəti/
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American sound/prəˈprʌɪəti/
prəˈprʌɪəti
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prə - ˈprʌɪəti -> propriety
Myanmar meaning
(n) ထုံးနည်းမှန်ခြင်း။ကျင့်ဝတ်မှန်ခြင်း။လျော်ကန်သင့်မြတ်ခြင်း။ထူးခြားသောဂုဏ်သတ္တိ။ကိုယ်ပိုင်ပစ္စည်းဥစ္စာ။
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propriety /prǝ'praÇǝti/ n (fml )
၁။ (က) [U] ရည်မွန်မှု။ have no sense of propriety ❍ behave with perfect propriety ❍ The way tourists dress sometimes offends local standards of propriety. (ခ) the proprieties [ pl] အသေးစိတ်လိုက်နာဖွယ်ရာ ကျင့်ဝတ်၊ စည်းကမ်း။ She was careful to observe the proprieties. ❍ The company had acted in accordance with all legal proprieties.
၂။ [U] ~ (of sth) သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ်မှု။ မှန်ကန်မှု။ A social worker questioned the propriety of separating children from their parents.
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politeness, decorum, modesty, good manners, respectability, decency, accepted conduct, accordance, advisability, agreeableness, amenities, appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, becomingness, breeding, civilities, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correctness, correspondence, courtesy, delicacy, dignity, ethicality, etiquette, expedience, fitness, good behavior, good form, harmony, justice, legitimacy, meetness, morality, mores, niceties, order, pleasantness, politesse, properness, protocol, punctilio, recommendability, rectitude, refinement, rightness, rules of conduct, seemliness, social conventions, social grace, suitability, suitableness, the done thing
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