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retardation

US pronunciation
American soundretardation
retardation
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4 syllables
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Final -tion sounds like shun

re - tar - da - tion -> retardation

Myanmar meaning

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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.

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  • 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
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hold backhold upslow downdelaycheckhinderimpedearrestback offbafflebalkbogbog downbrakebring to screeching haltchokechoke offclogclose offcrimpdawdledeceleratedecreasedeferdetaindownencumberfalter
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