Dictionary entry

Countenance

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns/

Pronunciation

/ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မျက်နှာရိပ်မျက်နှာကဲ။ မျက်နှာထား။ ထောက်ခံခြင်း။ သဘောတူခြင်း။ (v) သဘောတူသည်။ လက်သင့်ခံသည်။

Definition

countenance /'kaƱntǝnǝns/ n ( fml ) ၁။ [C] မ်က္ႏွာရိပ္မ်က္ႏွာကဲ။ မ်က္ႏွာထား။ his troubled/ impassive/ warlike countenance. ၂။ [U] ေထာက္ခံျခင္း။ သေဘာတူျခင္း။ I would not give/ lend countenance to such a plan. v ( fml ) သေဘာတူသည္။ လက္သင့္ခံသည္။ Such behaviour will not be countenanced. ❍ They refused to countenance supplying inferior equipment. ❍ He wouldn't countenance our staying out after 11 pm.

Examples

  1. They refused to countenance supplying inferior equipment.
  2. He wouldn't countenance our staying out after 11 pm.