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retard

/rɪˈtɑːd/

US pronunciation
American sound/rɪˈtɑːd/
rɪˈtɑːd
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Open ah vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈtɑːd -> retard

Myanmar meaning

(v) နှောင့်နှေးစေသည်။

Full entry

retard /rÇ'tɑ:d/ v (fml )

နှောင့်နှေးစေသည်။ ဟန့်တားသည်။
Lack of sun retards plant growth. ❍ retarding efforts to agree on a common foreign policy.
❏ retardation /'ri:tɑ:'deÇʃn/ n [U] ဖွံ့ဖြိုးမှုနည်းခြင်း။ mental retardation.
❏ retarded adj ဉာဏ်နုံ့သော။ a home for severely retarded young people.

More examples
  • Lack of protein may retard children’s growth.
Synonyms
hold back, hold up, slow down, delay, check, hinder, impede, arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, obstruct, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow up, stall, take down
Antonyms
advance, aid, allow, assist, continue, do, encourage, expand, expedite, forward, free, further, grow, hasten, help, hurry, increase, let go, liberate, maintain, persevere, promote, push, raise, release, rush, speed, speed up, strengthen, unblock
Cross references
hold backhold upslow downdelaycheckhinderimpedearrestback offbafflebalkbogbog downbrakebring to screeching haltchokechoke offclogclose offcrimpdawdledeceleratedecreasedeferdetaindownencumberfalter
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