Courtesy

Definition

courtesy /'kɜ:tǝsi/ n ၁။ [U] ယဥ္ေက်းမႈ။ ေလာကဝတ္။ We were treated with great/ the utmost courtesy. ❍ They didn't even have the courtesy to apologize. ❍ As a matter of courtesy you should tell her you won't be able to attend the meeting. ❍ It would only have been common courtesy to say thank you. ❍ Do me the courtesy of listening (ie Please listen) to what I have to say. ❍ We were just paying a courtesy call/ visit. ၂။ [C] ( fml ) ေလာကဝတ္စကား။ exchange courtesies. ❏ courtesy adj ေစတနာ(ႀကိဳပို႔ယာဥ္)။ a courtesy car/ coach/ minibus. ❏ courtesy light n တံခါးဖြင့္လိုက္သည္ႏွင့္ လင္းေသာ ကားတြင္းမီးလံုးငယ္။ ❏ (by) courtesy of sb [ IDM ] …ေက်းဇူးျဖင့္။ These photographs have been reproduced by courtesy of the British Museum.

Examples

1. A man who treats everyone with kindness and courtesy
2. It’s only common courtesy to thank someone when they help.
3. It would be a courtesy to call them and tell them we’ll be late.