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selecting

/sɪˈlɛkt/

US pronunciation
American sound/sɪˈlɛkt/
sɪˈlɛkt
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final ng sound

sɪ - ˈlɛkt -> selecting

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) ရွေးချယ်နေ

Full entry

seem /si:m/ v ~ (to sb) (to be) sth; ~ like sth (not used in continuous tenses)

ထင်ရသည်။ သဘောရသည်။ မြင်သည်။ She seems happy (to me). ❍ Do whatever seems best. ❍ It seems (to me) (to be) the best solution. ❍ It seemed like a disaster at the time. ❍ It seems (to me) that she's right. ❍ It would seem that…(ie a cautious way of saying‘It seems that…’) ❍ ‘She's leaving. ’‘So it seems (ie People say so). ’ ❍ They seem to know what they're doing. ❍ I can't seem to stop coughing. တဟွပ်ဟွပ်ချောင်းဆိုးတာ မရပ်ပဲ မရပ်နိုင်သလိုပါပဲ။
❏ it seems/seemed as if…/as though… [IDM ] ထင်ရသည်။ …ပုံပေါက်သည်။ It always seemed as if/though they would marry in the end.
❏ seeming adj (fml ) ထင်ရသော။ …ဟန်ရှိသော။ အပြင်ပန်း။ အပေါ်ယံ။ seeming intelligence/interest/anger ❍ Despite his seeming deafness, he could hear every word.
❏ seemingly adv အမြင်အားဖြင့်။ အပြင်ပန်းအားဖြင့်။ They were seemingly unaware of the decision.

More examples
  • John seems nice.
  • [seem happy/genuine/relaxed etc to someone] : He seems happy enough to me.
  • [seem like] : Going out for lunch seemed like a good idea.
  • [seem to do something] : She seemed to take very good care of herself.
  • [seem (to be) someone/something] : Susan seems like a very sensible person.
  • [it (that)] : It seems there’s going to be a slight delay.
  • [seem to have done something] : I seem to have forgotten your name.
  • [can’t seem to do something] : We can’t seem to get this computer to work.
Synonyms
appear, give the impression, look, look as if, look like, assume, be suggestive of, convey the impression, create the impression, give the feeling of, give the idea of, have the appearance of, have the aspects of, have the earmarks of, have the features of, have the qualities of, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, look to be, make a show of, pretend, resemble, seem like, show, show every sign of, sound, sound like, strike one as being, suggest
Antonyms
be real
Cross references
appeargive the impressionlooklook as iflook likeassumebe suggestive ofconvey the impressioncreate the impressiongive the feeling ofgive the idea ofhave the appearance ofhave the aspects ofhave the earmarks ofhave the features ofhave the qualities ofhintimplyinsinuateintimatelook to bemake a show ofpretendresembleseem likeshowshow every sign ofsound
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