slant
/slɑːnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/slɑːnt/
slant
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US voice -> slant
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ စွေသည်။ စောင်းသည်။ slanting eyes/rain ❍ handwriting that slants from left to right ❍ Slant your skis a bit more to the left.
၂။ (sometimes derog ) ဇောင်းပေးသည်။ ဘက်လိုက်သည်။ ပင်းသည်။ The report was slanted towards/in favour of the property developers.
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၁။ ခပ်ရွှေရွှေ။ အစွေသား။ Her hat was set at a slant. ❍ Cut the flower stems on the slant.
၂။ ~ (on sth/sb) (infml ) ရှုထောင့်။ အမြင်။ get a new slant on the political situation ❍ They've decided to give the programme a more youthful slant.
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incline, lean, slope, tilt, skew, aim, angle, angle off, aslant, attitude, bank, beam, bend, bevel, bias, camber, cant, color, concentrate, declination, decline, descend, deviate, diagonal, direct, direction, diverge, emphasis, focus, grade, gradient, heel, inclination, influence, judgment, leaning, level, lie obliquely, list, one-sidedness, orient, outlook, particular opinion, perspective, pitch, point, point of view, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, prepossession, rake, ramp, sentiment, side, splay, standpoint, swerve, tip, train, twist, veer, view, viewpoint, warp, weight
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