supernumerary
/ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm(ə)r(ə)ri/
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American sound/ˌsuːpəˈnjuːm(ə)r(ə)ri/
ˌsuːpəˈnjuːmərəri
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ˌsuːpə - ˈnjuːmərəri -> supernumerary
Myanmar meaning
ပုံမှန်အရေအတွက်ထက် ပိုနေသော ၊ အပိုဖြစ်သော။ အပိုအလုပ်အတွက် ငှားရမ်းထားသော။ ဇာတ်စင်ပေါ်တက်၍ သရုပ်ဆောင်သော်လည်း စကားမပြောသော။ ပိုနေသည့် လူ၊ အရာဝတ္တု။
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- ‘Returning to Cardiff, he became a supernumerary registrar to the medical school before leaving to become a general practitioner in the Swansea Valley.’
- ‘Consider, for example, the mid-fifteenth century case of Duan Gang, a supernumerary soldier from a guard unit attached to an imperial prince who resided in Luzhou, Shanxi Province.’
- ‘Many of these men were drawn from among the ranks of principal and supernumerary soldiers serving in guard units of the Northern Metropolitan Area, a pool of men with a modicum of military training and ready access to the weapons of the day.’
- ‘But the film also shows that society does not see him as such: it sees only an FOB, a supernumerary worker in a cheap laundromat, a potential Communist agitator.’
- ‘At seventeen he set out, working his way on a cargo ship as a supernumerary - doing the odd jobs.’
- ‘As the number of supernumerary troops in the garrisons grew, many were put to work on the agricultural colonies, becoming servants and construction laborers, or pressed into active military service.’
- ‘It's a disorder in which supernumerary bones form.’
- ‘Complete doubling of the uterine tubes may occur in association with supernumerary ovaries.’
- ‘Most frequently seen are supernumerary nipples anywhere along the primitive milk line, though true accessory mammary glands are most frequently located in the axilla (polymastia).’
- ‘Various cases of supernumerary testicles have been reported during operations or in physical examination (without histological proof, however).’
- ‘The most common variation of the lungs is the presence of supernumerary fissures.’
- ‘They were there merely as props, as so many supernumeraries in his private psychodrama.’
- ‘Seven years ago central government promised a solution, but the supernumeraries still use chairs, desks and telephones and they are costing close to a billion rands a year.’
- ‘The rest of the cast are really supernumeraries; other ranks, captured German soldiers, etc although, again, they are well played and convincing in what they are called upon to do.’
- ‘‘The supernumeraries are a problem mainly at provincial level, but the ghost workers are all over, ’ he said.’
- ‘Her mainmast is 29 metres high, and she has a permanent crew of 16, assisted by 36 voyage crew and various supernumeraries.’
- ‘The thousands of supernumeraries in the Eastern Cape who cost the province R1 billion a year are not facing retrenchment in the immediate future.’
- ‘Others, called supernumeraries, would live in the community within their families.’
- ‘I was pleased to hear that staff expenditure had been cut but was not happy to hear that the issue of supernumeraries was not mentioned.’
- ‘A few words with my boss resulted in him being drafted as a supernumerary which became permanent eventually.’
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