tension
/ˈtɛnʃ(ə)n/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -sion sound
ten - sion -> tension
(n) တောင့်တင်းခြင်း။ တင်းအား။ စန့်အား။ စိတ်ပင်ပန်းမှု။ စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်မှု။ ဆက်ဆံရေးတင်းမာမှု။ အားပြိုင်မှု။ ဆွဲဆန့်ထားသည်။ တင်းထားသည်။ တင်းနေစန့်နေသည်။
၁။ [U] တောင့်တင်းခြင်း။ တင်းအား။ စန့်အား။ Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles. ❍ adjust the tension of a violin string/a tennis-racket.
၂။ [U] စိတ်ပင်ပန်းမှု။ စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်မှု။ suffer from (nervous) tension ❍ a headache caused by tension ❍ She felt considerable tension before the exam. See also PMT
၃။ [U, C usu pl ] ~ (between A and B) ဆက်ဆံရေးတင်းမာမှု။ racial/political/social tension(s) ❍ The incident has further increased the tension between the two countries.
၄။ [C, U] ~ (between A and B) အားပြိုင်မှု။ There is tension between the aims of the management and the wishes of the staff.
v (techn ) ဆွဲဆန့်ထားသည်။ တင်းထားသည်။ တင်းနေစန့်နေ သည်။ tensioned nets tensioning cables.
- [ease the tension] : I tried to ease the tension (=make it less strong) with a joke.
- [nervous tension] : Symptoms include nervous tension, depression, and insomnia.
- The tension is almost unbearable as the play approaches its climax.
- Racial/political/social tensions
- [tension between] : Measures are needed to reduce tension between the two states.
- There is bound to be a certain tension between the freedom of individuals and the need for public safety.
- Pull in the sail by increasing the tension of the rope.
- Can you feel the tension in your neck and shoulders?
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