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protection

/prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)n/
prəˈtɛkʃən
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

prə - ˈtɛkʃən -> protection

Myanmar meaning

(n) အကာအကွယ်

Full entry

protection /prǝ'tekʃn/ n

၁။ ~ (for sb) (against sth) (က) [U] ကာကွယ်မှု။ Use a suncream that gives adequate protection against harmful ultraviolet rays. ❍ The union is campaigning for greater protection (for staff) against unfair dismissal. (ခ) [C] အကာအကွယ်။ legal protections for unions ❍ consumer protections.
၂။ [U] (အကောက်ခွန်တိုး၍ ပြည်ပယှဉ်ပြိုင်မှုမှ) ကာကွယ်ပေးမှု။ provide protection for the car industry by imposing import duties on foreign goods.
၃။ [U] လူဆိုးသူဆိုးရန်မှ ကင်းလွတ်ခွင့်ရရေးအတွက် ဆိုင်ရှင်၊ လုပ်ငန်းရှင်တို့က ဆက်ကြေး ပေးရသော စနစ်။ paying protection money ❍ The gang were running protection rackets in all the big cities.
❏ protectionism /-ʃǝnÇzǝm/ n [U] ပြည်တွင်း လုပ်ငန်းများကို ပြည်ပယှဉ်ပြိုင်မှုမှ ကာကွယ်ပေးထားခြင်း။ ယင်းဝါဒ။ increase agricultural/ industrial protectionism.
❏ protectionist /-ʃǝnÇst/ adj ပြည်တွင်းလုပ်ငန်း ကာကွယ် ရေး။ protectionist measures/ policies ❍ a protectionist government.

More examples
  • [protection of] : The protection of intellectual property rights
  • [protection against] : A healthy diet should provide protection against disease.
  • [protection from] : The company filed for court protection from its creditors.
  • Protection in case of an accident
Synonyms
defense, guard, shield, fortification, safety, security, shelter, safeguard, armor, aegis, armament, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, care, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, fix, guardianship, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safekeeping, salvation, screen, self-defense, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella, ward, wardship
Antonyms
attack, danger, destruction, doubt, harm, hurt, injury, insecurity, threat, uncertainty
Cross references
defenseguardshieldfortificationsafetysecuritysheltersafeguardarmoraegisarmamentassurancebarrierbufferbulwarkcamouflagecarecertaintychargeconservationcovercustodyfixguardianshipguardinginsuranceinvulnerabilitypreservation
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