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trigger

/ˈtrɪɡə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtrɪɡə/
trigger
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

trig - ger -> trigger

Myanmar meaning

(n) ခလုတ်

Full entry

trigger /'trÇgǝ(r)/ n

၁။ ခလုတ်။ မောင်း။ squeeze the trigger ❍ have one's finger on the trigger (ie be ready to shoot). ❍ GUN
၂။ ~ (for sth) ခလုတ်။ မောင်း။ စနက်။ မီးပွား။ မီးစ။ the trigger for change ❍ chemical triggers in the brain ❍ His resignation was the trigger that brought about the company's collapse.
v ~ sth (off) အစပျိုးပေးသည်။ ခလုတ်နှိပ်သည်။ စနက်မီးပျိုးပေး သည်။ The riots were triggered (off) by a series of police arrests. ❍ The smoke triggered off the alarm.
❏ trigger-happy adj (infml derog ) ထစ်ခနဲဆို ပစ်ချင် ခတ်ချင်သော။ ပစ်ရန် လက်ယားနေသော။

More examples
  • The news of his death triggered more violence.
  • You find that strangely familiar smells trigger memories of childhood.
  • [trigger a response/reaction] : The report has triggered a fierce response from the governor.
  • A sensor had triggered the security camera.
Synonyms
activate, set off, cause, generate, start, prompt, elicit, produce, initiate, spark off, activation, actuation, bring about, doorknob, excitant, eye-opener, geese, give rise to, goose, incitation, knob, knurl, opener, propellant, provoke, set in motion, shot in the arm, spark, springboard, spur, turn-on
Antonyms
block, check, destroy, end, halt, prevent, stop
Cross references
activateset offcausegeneratestartpromptelicitproduceinitiatespark offactivationactuationbring aboutdoorknobexcitanteye-openergeesegive rise togooseincitationknobknurlopenerpropellantprovokeset in motionshot in the armspark
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