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starter

/ˈstɑːtə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈstɑːtə/
starter
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Open ah vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

star - ter -> starter

Myanmar meaning

မော်တော်ကားစက်ကို နှိုးသည့် ကိရိယာ (စတာ့တာ)။ စားပွဲသောက်ပွဲ၏ ပထမအစီအစဉ်။ ပြေးပွဲတွင် တာလွှတ်သူ။ ပြေးပွဲတွင် စတင်ပြေးသည့် မြင်း ၊ ယှဉ်ပြိုင်သူ။

Full entry

starter /'stɑ:tǝ(r) / n

၁။ တာထွက်သူ၊ မြင်းစသည်။ Of the ten starters in the race only three finished. Compare NON-STARTER
၂။ တာလွှတ်ဒိုင်။ waiting for the starter's gun to fire.
၃။ အထ၊ အတတ် (နှေးသည်၊ မြန်သည် စသည်)။ He was a late starter as a child (ie He learned to talk, walk, etc later than most children).
၄။ နှိုးမော်တာ စသည့် စက်နှိုး ကိရိယာ။
a starter motor.
၅။ (esp Brit ) (US also appetizer ) ထမင်းစားပွဲအစ ချပေးသည့် အမြည်းပွဲ။ အမြည်း။ What would you like as a starter?
၆။ ထူထောင်စတို့ အတွက် (သို့) ပွဲဦးထွက်။
a starter home (ie one built specially for young people buying their first house) ❍ a starter kit/pack for home wine-making.
❏ for starters [IDM ] (infml ) အစပထမအဖြစ်။ ပွဲဦးထွက် အဖြစ်။ What would you like (to eat) for starters? ❍ We've got to decorate the house for starters—we can think about the garden after that.
❏ under starter's orders [IDM ] တာစူထားလျက်။

More examples
  • ‘Throughout my whole career I've basically been a slow starter.’
  • ‘I look forward to St Valentine's Day, partly because I was a late starter and never received any cards or presents until I met my partner nine years ago.’
  • ‘As a professional footballer, Paul was a late starter.’
  • ‘After the best first round of his career by a champion who formerly had the reputation of being a slow starter, the only question was how long Brodie would last.’
  • ‘He does however still drift in and out of games, whilst he seems to be a slow starter to each new season.’
  • ‘Like his good friend Henry he has been a slow starter although he remains confident of an upturn.’
  • ‘Johnny wanted him to come out, but the staff said, you know, he's a slow starter.’
  • ‘He may have been a slow starter, but lately O'Shea has been surging forward.’
  • ‘Johnson always has been a bit of a slow starter in terms of throwing out runners.’
  • ‘Also a serious Palme d' Or contender, Chunhyang is a slow starter.’
  • ‘Perhaps fortunately for Finley, he is usually a slow starter and thus is used to overcoming slumps.’
  • ‘Favourite Ivan Denisovich was a slow starter, and could only finish fourth.’
  • ‘Maria had to come back from a set down against Ai Sugiyama, too, but that doesn't make her a slow starter.’
  • ‘Throughout his career, he has always been a slow starter - but a great finisher.’
  • ‘A slow starter at the best of times, he kept missing good-length balls from the mighty Murtagh and Sampson.’
  • ‘One of the things about being a slow starter is that you work a little harder.’
  • ‘Arguello was usually a slow starter and Ismael was a very good counter puncher.’
  • ‘Despite the crowd's obvious enthusiasm, the gig was a slow starter.’
  • ‘That's another way of saying she is a slow starter and sometimes even a no-starter.’
  • ‘It will be interesting to see how Greer, traditionally a slow starter, responds to the long layoff.’
Synonyms
hors d'oeuvre, first course, appetizer, beginner, initiator, innovator, inventor, opener, originator, pioneer
Antonyms
adherent, follower, successor
Cross references
hors d'oeuvrefirst courseappetizerbeginnerinitiatorinnovatorinventoropeneroriginatorpioneeradherentfollowersuccessoraboutaftercanchildcomparedecoratefinishedfireforgardengotgunhomehousekit
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