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recess

/rɪˈsɛs/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈsɛs/

rɪˈsɛs

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈsɛs -> recess

Myanmar meaning

(n) ရပ်နားချိန်။ အလုပ်ရပ်နားခြင်း။ နံရံလိုဏ်ခေါင်းလေး။ လျှို့ဝှက်သည့်နေရာ။ (v) လျှို့ဝှက်သည့် နေရာ၌ထားသည်။

Full entry

recess /r'ses, 'ri:ses/ n

၁။ [C, U] (က) ရပ်နားချိန်။ break for the summer recess ❍ Parliament/Congress is in recess.
(ခ) (US ) ကျောင်းလွှတ်ချိန်။ ❍ BREAK n
၂။ [C] နံရံ တစ်နေရာကို လှိုက်၍ပြုလုပ်ထားသော တစ်ဖက်ပွင့်အခန်းငယ်။ ALCOVE: put a bookcase in the recess.
၃။ [C] လှိုက်ခွက် ထားသောနေရာ။ အခွက်။ အံ။ a drawer with a secret recess.
၄။ [C usu pl ] (esp rhet ) ချောင်ကြိုချောင်ကြား။ the dark recesses of a cave ❍ (fig ) in the innermost recesses of one's mind.
v (US ) အနားယူသည်။ ရပ်နားသည်။ The Commission recessed. ❍ The hearing was recessed.
❑ recessed adj အံခွက်အတွင်း တပ်ဆင်ထားရှိသော။ ထွင်းဖောက်လှိုက်ခွက်ထားသော။ recessed shelves/lighting.

More examples

Parliament returns from its summer recess next week.

Synonyms

alcove, nook, indentation, niche, bay, depression, adjourn, adjournment, ambush, angle, apse, at same time, at the same time, break, break off, break up, break-off, breather, breathing spell, call time, carrel, cavity, cell, cessation, closet, closure, coffee break, corner, cove, cranny, crutch, crypt, cubicle, cutoff, dent, depths, dissolve, downtime, drop, drop it, embrasure, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for then, fork, halt, happy hour, heart, hiatus, hiding place, hole, holiday, hollow, in the interim, in the interval, in the meanwhile, interlude, intermission, interregnum, layoff, leave, letup, lull, meantime, mouth, opening, oriel, pause, penetralia, pigeonhole, prorogate, prorogue, put on hold, reaches, respite, rest, retreat, rise, secret place, shake, sideline, slot, socket, stop, stop action, suspension, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten, ten, terminate, time off, time-out, vacation

Antonyms

begin, beginning, bulge, closure, continuation, continue, go, misfortune, open, persistence, solid, start

Cross references

alcove nook indentation niche bay depression adjourn adjournment ambush angle apse at same time at the same time break break off break up break-off breather breathing spell call time carrel cavity cell cessation closet closure coffee break corner

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