surest

/ʃʊə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ʃʊə/

surest

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

su - rest -> surest

Myanmar meaning

(adj[sup]) အသေချာဆုံး

Full entry

support /sǝ'pↄ:t/ v

၁။ (က) ~ sb/sth (in sth) ထောက်ခံသည်။ အားပေးသည်။ support a cause/political party/reform ❍ donate money to support a charity ❍ The directors were trying to get rid of her, but her staff all supported her. ❍ The American public stopped supporting the war in Vietnam. ❍ Will you support me in my campaign for election? (ခ) အားပေးသည်။ ချီးမြှင့်သည်။ Support your local theatre! ❍ Which football team do you support?
၂။ ထောက်သည်။ ကန်သည်။ မသည်။ ပင့်သည်။ ခံသည်။ မှေးသည်။ a beam supporting a roof ❍ The chair wasn't strong enough to support his weight. ❍ He took hold of her arm to support her as she stumbled. ❍ She was supporting herself on a pair of crutches.
၃။ သက်သေပြသည်။ သက်သေခံသည်။ သက်သေ ထူသည်။ a theory that is not supported by the facts ❍ What evidence do you have to support your accusation?
၄။ ထောက်သည်။ Mark has two children to support from his first marriage. ❍ She doesn't earn enough to support herself. သူရတဲ့ဝင်ငွေနှင့် မစားလောက်ဘူး။
၅။ အစာရေစာ လုံလောက်စွာ ထွက်သည်။ It's amazing that such a barren landscape can support any form of life.
n
၁။ [U] ~ (for sth) ဝိုင်းဝန်းကူညီမှု။ အားပေးမှု။ ထောက်ခံမှု။ a proposal that received little public support ❍ He has the full support of his colleagues. ❍ The company is providing financial support for this venture. ❍ Can I rely on your support (ie Will you vote for me) in the election? ❍ She has no visible means of support (ie no work, income, etc). ❍ The theatre had to close owing to lack of support. See also MORAL SUPPORT
၂။ (က) [C] ဒေါက်။ အထောက်။ ကျား။ supports holding up a collapsing wall. (ခ) [U] အထောက်အကူ။ She held on to his arm for support.
၃။ [C] အားကိုးရသူ။ အားကိုးအားထား။ အမှီသဟဲ။ When my father died, Jim was a great support.
❏ in support [IDM ] အကူအညီဖြင့်။ The police are patrolling the area, with the army in support.
❏ in support of sb/sth [IDM ] ထောက်ခံလျက်။ speak in support of a ban on arms supplies.
❏ supporter n ထောက်ခံအားပေးသူ။ a football supporter ❍ a loyal supporter of the Prime Minister.
❏ supporting adj
၁။ အရံ။ a supporting actress/cast/role.
၂။ အထောက်အထား။ supporting evidence.
❏ supportive /sǝ'pↄ:tÇv/ adj (approv ) အထောက်အကူ ပေးသော။ She was very supportive during my father's illness.

More examples

The United Nations has supported efforts to return the refugees peacefully.
The proposed reduction in taxes is supported by 73% of the people.
[support doing something] : The majority of Europeans support sending troops into the region.
[support someone in (doing) something] : Everyone came together to support him in his campaign for justice.
My friends have supported me through the entire trial.
A pair of wooden beams was the only thing supporting the roof.
[support something with something] : The plants were supported with wire.
[be supported by something] : She was sitting up in bed, supported by pillows.
[support yourself] : Use the handle to support yourself.
How can we support our families on such low wages?
[support yourself] : She’s been supporting herself since she was 18 years old.
His campaign was supported mainly by wealthy businessmen.
Thanks to all of you who supported our appeal.
Drug users often become thieves in order to support their addiction.
Several witnesses supported Mrs Carson’s claim of harassment.
Our conclusions are supported by extensive research.
You will need to provide supporting evidence for your claim.
I support West Ham – who do you support?
Does the company still support that version of the program?
You can download the program free, but it’s not supported.

Synonyms

hold up, hold, bear, carry, prop up, sustain, maintain, shore up, keep up, buoy up, buttress, abet, abide, abutment, adopt, advance, advocate, advocate belief, agency, agree with, aid, alimentation, alimony, allowance, angel, approval, approve, assist, assistance, attend to, authenticate, authentication, auxiliary, back, back up, backing, bankroll, base, be a foundation for, be a source of strength, be in favor of, be there for, bear out, bear with, bear witness, bed, bedding, blessing, block, bolster, boost, boost morale, bottom, brace, bracket, bring up, brook, buoy, care, care for, carry on, champion, championship, chaperon, cheer, cheer on, cherish, collar, column, comfort, confirm, confirmation, continue, cornerstone, corroborate, corroboration, countenance, cradle, crutch, defend, defense, device, earn one's keep, embed, encourage, encouragement, endorse, endorsement, endure, espouse, establish, favor, feed, fend for, finance, financial assistance, flotation, follow, food, foothold, footing, fortify, forward, foster, found, foundation, friendship, fulcrum, fund, funding, funds, furtherance, get behind, give a leg up, go, go along with, go through, go to bat for, ground, groundwork, guard, guide, hand, handle, help, joist, justify, keep, keep an eye on, keep from falling, lift, lining, live with, livelihood, living, look after, loyalty, mainstay, maintenance, make a living, make good, means, medium, money, moral support, necessities, nourish, nurse, nutriment, patronage, pay expenses of, pay for, payment, pick up the check, pillar, platform, plead for, poise, pole, post

Antonyms

abandon, abandonment, block, conclude, condemn, contradict, decrease, denial, deny, depress, desert, disagree, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, discontinue, discourage, discouragement, disprove, dissuade, drop, entertainment, fall, fight, finish, frustration, fun, halt, hinder, hindrance, hurt, ignore, ill will, impede, injure, injury, invalidate, let down, let go, neglect, obstruct, oppose, opposition, prevent, refuse, reject, release, starve, stop, stoppage, take, undermine, weaken, weakness