villages
/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
villages
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
vil - la - ges -> villages
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ (ရန်မူ ခြင်း၊ စော်ကားခြင်း ဘေးဒုက္ခ) ခံရ သူ။ ဒုက္ခသည်။ သားကောင်။ murder/ rape victims ❍ earthquake/ accident/ famine victims ❍ the innocent victim of an attack ❍ (fig ) He is the victim of his own success (eg because working too hard has made him ill).
၂။ (လှည့်စားဖြားယောင်းခြင်း) ခံရသူ။ သားကောင်။ the victim of a hoax/ practical joke/ conspiracy.
၃။ (စတေး)ခံရသူ။ a sacrificial victim.
❏ fall victim (to sth) [IDM ] (ရောဂါ၊ ရာသီဥတု၊ လှည့်ဖြားမှုစသည်၏ ဖိစီးမှု) ခံရသည်။ Thousands fell victim to the epidemic. ❍ Many plants have fallen victim to the sudden frost.
More examples
- A murder victim
- [victim of] : Victims of domestic violence/sexual assault
- Flood/earthquake victims
- [victim of] : 500 penguins were among the victims of an oil spill.
- An operation for victims of head injuries
- [fall victim to something] : She fell victim to a rare disease.
- [victim of] : Victims of racism/discrimination
- She believes she is the victim of a media conspiracy to discredit her.
- The reporters felt they were innocent victims of a political decision.
- [victim of] : A microprocessor plant in Scotland is the latest victim of the economic downturn.
Synonyms
injured party, fatality, casualty, sufferer, wounded, babe in woods, butt, clown, dupe, easy make, easy mark, fool, gambit, gopher, gudgeon, gull, hireling, hunted, immolation, innocent, mark, martyr, object, patsy, pawn, pigeon, prey, preyed upon, pushover, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck, sitting target, soft touch, stooge, sucker, target, underdog, wretch
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