sanction
/ˈsaŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/ˈsaŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/
sanction
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
san - ction -> sanction
Myanmar meaning
(n) ခွင့်ပြုမိန့် (v) ခွင့်ပြု
Full entry
sanction /'sæŋkʃn/ n
၁။ [U] (fml ) ခွင့်ပြုမိန့်။ ခွင့်ပြုချက်။ The book was translated without the sanction of the author. ❍ The conference gave its official sanction to the change of policy.
၂။ [C] ~ (against sth) (ဥပဒေ၊ စည်းကမ်းတို့ကို လေးစားလိုက်နာစေသော)အရေးယူမှု။ the need for effective sanctions against computer hacking.
၃။ [C usu pl ] ~ (against sb) (နိုင်ငံတကာ ဥပဒေ၊ စည်းကမ်းတို့ကို လိုက်နာစေရန် နိုင်ငံတစ်ခုချင်းအပေါ်)အရေးယူမှု။ apply/tighten/lift economic sanctions.
v သဘောတူသည်။ ခွင့်ပြုသည်။ They won't sanction a further cut in interest rates.
More examples
- Economic/trade/international sanctions
- [impose sanctions] : The Council wanted to impose sanctions against the countries involved in the dispute.
- [lift sanctions] : Talks continue over the conditions for lifting sanctions.
- War was declared without the sanction of parliament.
- Only the medical council can apply a sanction against a doctor.
Synonyms
authorize, permit, approve, allow, pass, endorse, okay, consent to, give authorization to, give permission to, give approval to, agree to, OK, accredit, acquiescence, action, affirmation, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, authority, authorization, back, backing, ban, bless, boycott, certify, coercive measure, command, commission, confirm, confirmation, consent, countenance, decree, embargo, empower, encouragement, endorsement, favor, fiat, get behind, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the nod, go for, go-ahead, green light, injunction, leave, license, measure, nod, penalty, permission, punishment, punitive measure, ratification, ratify, recommendation, restriction, seal of approval, sentence, stamp of approval, sufferance, support, vouch for, warrant, word, writ
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