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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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retreat

/rɪˈtriːt/

US pronunciation
American sound/rɪˈtriːt/
rɪˈtriːt
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈtriːt -> retreat

Myanmar meaning

(v) ဆုတ်ခွာသည်။ နောက်ကြောင်းပြန်သည်။

Full entry

retreat /rÇ'tri:t/ v

၁။ (က) ဆုတ်ခွာသည်။ နောက်ကြောင်း ပြန်သည်။ the sound of his retreating footsteps ❍ force the enemy to retreat (behind their lines) ❍ crowds retreating before police fire hoses ❍ We retreated half a mile in order to get across the river. Compare ADVANCE2 ၁, RETIRE ၂
(ခ) ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်၊ ရပ်တည်ချက်ကို ပြင်ဆင်ပြောင်းလဲသည်။ [ဥ] တပ်ခေါက်သည်။ The President retreated in the face of hostile public opinion. ❍ retreat from a demand.
၂။ ငုပ်လျှိုးသွားသည်။ ဝင်ပုန်းသည်။ After the scandal, she retreated from the public eye. ❍ Embarrassed, she retreated to her bedroom. ❍ (fig ) retreat into a world of fantasy.
၃။ စစ်သည်။ ဆုတ်သည်။ The flood water/ glacier slowly retreated.
၄။ (esp finance ) တန်ဖိုးကျသွားသည်။ Share prices retreated 45p (to 523p).
n
၁။ [U, C usu sing ] ဆုတ်ခွာခြင်း။ ခွာစစ်ဆင်ခြင်း။ နောက်ကြောင်းပြန်လှည့်ခြင်း။ တပ်ခေါက်ခြင်း။ an orderly retreat from the camp ❍ The rebels are in retreat. ❍ The minister made an undignified/ embarrassing retreat from his earlier position.
၂။ the retreat [sing] အိပ်ခရာ (မှုတ်သည်)။ sound the retreat (eg on a drum or BUGLE).
၃။ [C] ဆိတ်ငြိမ်ရာရိပ်သာ။ spend the weekends at a country retreat.
၄။ [U,C] သံဃာတော်များ ဝါကပ်ဆိုတော် မူကြသကဲ့သို့ အေးချမ်းငြိမ်ဆိမ်ရာ၌ ဘာဝနာစီးဖြန်းရသော ကာလ အပိုင်းအခြား။
go into/ be in retreat ❍ make an annual retreat.

More examples
  • The elephants retreated to the safety of the forest.
  • [into] : Clara, embarrassed, retreated into silence.
  • The Secretary appeared to retreat from his position when challenged by the press.
  • Wading birds collect small molluscs from the mud flats when the tide retreats.
Synonyms
move away, move back, draw back, back away, run away, recoil, withdraw, leave, give ground, flee, abandon, adytum, ark, asylum, avoid, back, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, beat it, cave in, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, decamp, defense, den, depart, departure, disengage, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evacuation, evade, fall back, flight, fold, go, go along with, go away, go back, habitat, hand over, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hide, hideaway, hiding place, ivory tower, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, opt out, port, privacy, pull back, pull out, quail, quit, recede, reel, refuge, regress, relinquish, resign, resort, retire, retirement, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, run, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, seclude oneself, seclusion, security, sequester, shelter, shrink, solitude, start back, turn tail, vacate, withdrawal
Antonyms
advance, arrival, come, coming, continue, enter, face, forge, forward, go forward, keep, meet, remain, stay, take on
Cross references
move awaymove backdraw backback awayrun awayrecoilwithdrawleavegive groundfleeabandonadytumarkasylumavoidbackback downback offback outbacktrackbeat itcave incellcloisterconventcovercovertdecamp
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