referee
/rɛfəˈriː/
US pronunciation
American sound/rɛfəˈriː/
rɛfəˈriː
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- 3rd syllable stress
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- Final e often stays silent
rɛfə - ˈriː -> referee
Myanmar meaning
(n) ဒိုင်လူကြီး။ (v) ဒိုင်လူကြီးအဖြစ် ဆောင်ရွက်သည်။
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၁။ (က) (also infml ref ) (sport ) ဒိုင်လူကြီး။
He was sent off for arguing with the referee. ❍ boxing, football, hockey Compare UMPIRE (ခ) ပုဏ္ဏားတိုင်။
Each time my neighbours had a fight, I had to act as referee.
၂။ (Brit ) ထောက်ခံပေးသူ။
The principal often acts as (a) referee for his students.
v ဒိုင်လူကြီးလုပ်သည်။ ဒိုင်လုပ်သည်။ In my 22 years of refereeing I had never seen such violence. ❍ Who refereed the match?
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