reprieve
/rɪˈpriːv/
US pronunciation
American sound/rɪˈpriːv/
rɪˈpriːv
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
rɪ - ˈpriːv -> reprieve
Myanmar meaning
(v.t) ပြစ်ဒဏ်-ရွှေ့ဆိုင်း-ဆိုင်းငံ့-ထားသည်။
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၁။ ပြစ်ဒဏ်လျှော့ပေါ့သည်။ ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ သေဒဏ်ပယ်ဖျက်သည်။ reprieve a condemned prisoner.
၂။ ခေတ္တရွှေ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ Three of the pits due for closure have been reprieved.
n (usu sing )
၁။ ပြစ်ဒဏ် ရွှေ့ဆိုင်း၊ လျှော့ပေါ့မိန့်။ သေဒဏ် ပယ်ဖျက်မိန့်။ grant (sb) a reprieve ❍ The prisoner won/was given a last-minute reprieve.
၂။ ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းလိုက်၍ ခေတ္တသက်သာရာရမှု။ The gallery has won a temporary reprieve and will re-open in May.
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official pardon, stay of execution, amnesty, pardon, acquittal, abate, abatement, abeyance, absolution, absolve, acquit, allay, alleviate, alleviation, anchor, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forgive, freeing, grant a stay, grant a stay of execution, let go, let off, let off the hook, let off this time, let up on, let-up, liberate, lifeboat, lifesaver, mitigate, mitigation, palliate, palliation, postpone, postponement, release, remission, remit, respite, responsibility, spring, stay, suspension, truce
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