very

/ˈvɛri/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈvɛri/

very

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Final y vowel sound

ve - ry -> very

Myanmar meaning

(adv) အလွန်

Full entry

very / 'veri / adv

၁။ အလွန်။ သိပ်။ very small/ hot/ useful ❍ very quickly/ soon/ far ❍ very much/ few ❍ ‘Are you busy?’ ‘Not very’. ❍ ‘Do you like it?’ ‘Very much so’.
၂။ …ဆုံး။ the very best quality ❍ the very first to arrive ❍ by six o'clock at the very latest ❍
၃။ စင်စစ်။ မလွဲ။ sitting in the very same seat. your very own cheque-book. ချက်လက်မှတ်စာအုပ်။
adj
၁။ (အတိအကျ၊ စင်စစ်၊ စစ်စစ် ဟူသောအနက်ဖြင့် သုံးသည့်ရှေ့ဆက်)။ …မှ …ပဲ။ …မှ …ပင်။ This is the very book I want. ❍ At that very moment the phone rang. ❍ You're the very man I want to see. ❍ These pills are the very thing for your cold. ❍ Those were her very words.
၂။ (အဆုံးစွန်ဖြစ်ကြောင်းပြ ရှေ့ဆက်)။ …အဆုံး။ …ပိတ်။ at the very end/ beginning.
၃။ (နာမ်ကို လေးနက် စေသော ရှေ့ဆက်)။ ပင်လျှင်။ သက်သက်။ တကယ့်။ He knows our very thoughts (ie our thoughts themselves, even our most secret ones). ❍ The very idea/ thought (ie The idea alone, quite apart from the reality) of going abroad delighted him. ❍ The very idea! (ie That is not a practical or proper suggestion. ) ❍ (Brit ) Sardine tins can be the very devil (ie very difficult) to open.
❏ before sb's very eyes [IDM ] မျက်စိရှေ့မှာ။ မျက်ဝါး ထင်ထင်။ Before our very eyes he produced a puppy from the hat.
❏ very high frequency n [U] (abbr VHF) လှိုင်းနှုန်းမြင့်။

More examples

It was a very good film.
The building looks very old.
I think he’s very handsome, don’t you?
That’s very kind of you, Susan.
I took my music lessons very seriously.
The whole team has been playing very well lately.
[very many/much] : I don’t think she has very many friends.
Thank you very much.
[very few/little] : Very few people came to the wedding.
They were badly fed, badly clothed, and lived in the very worst conditions.
The website has the very latest music news.
We want to make sure that we choose the very best design.
At the very least, Higgins should have to pay a fine for what he’s done.
You might be the very person we are looking for for this job.
How did you know this was the very thing I wanted?
The very attributes that some people have criticized are the ones that make him most successful.
[this very moment/minute/instant] : He’s probably lying on some beach in Italy at this very moment.
Charles realized that his throne and his very life were in danger, and he decided to act.
The chemicals had poisoned his land and destroyed the very basis of his livelihood.
She smoked her cigarette down to the very end, then stubbed it out.
Can you see that little bird right up at the very top of the tree?
Nick was sitting at the very back of the bus.
We worked till the very end of the day.
Quite often the very act of measuring something changes what you are trying to measure.

Synonyms

extremely, incredibly, awfully, exceptionally, exceedingly, especially, dreadfully, extraordinarily, enormously, fantastically, vastly, absolutely, actual, acutely, amply, appropriate, astonishingly, authentic, bare, bona fide, certainly, considerably, correct, dearly, decidedly, deeply, eminently, emphatically, especial, exact, exaggeratedly, excessively, express, extensively, genuine, greatly, highly, ideal, identical, indispensably, indubitable, largely, mere, model, much, notably, noticeably, particularly, perfect, plain, positively, powerfully, precise, pressingly, pretty, prodigiously, profoundly, pure, real, remarkably, right, same, self-same, selfsame, sheer, sic, simple, so, special, substantially, superlatively, sure-enough, surpassingly, surprisingly, terribly, true, truly, uncommonly, undoubted, unqualified, unquestionable, unusually, veritable, very same, wonderfully

Antonyms

commonly, doubtfully, dubiously, indefinite, inexact, little, unremarkably, usually