Dictionary entry

Illustrating

Pronunciation: /ˈɪləstreɪt/

Pronunciation

/ˈɪləstreɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

(v[sg]) ရုပ်ပုံဖြင့်ဖော်ပြနေ

Definition

illusion / Ç'lu:ʒn / n ၁။ (က) [C] အေတြးမွား၊ အယံုမွား၊ အစြဲမွား၊ အထင္မွားျခင္း။ I have no illusions about my ability (ie I know that I am not very able). ❍ She’s under the illusion that (ie believes wrongly that) he loves her. ❍ We’re left with few illusions about the company’s prospects. (ခ) [U] စိတ္၏လွည့္စားမႈ။ These hopes are pure/sheer illusion. ၂။ [C] တံလွ်ပ္ကဲ့သို႔ အရိပ္အေယာင္။ စိတ္၏လွည့္စားမႈ။ an illusion of happiness ❍ In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an illusion. Compare DELUSION See also OPTICAL ILLUSION

Examples

  1. [illusion that] : Many people still have the illusion that full employment is possible.
  2. [create/give/maintain the illusion] : This description creates the illusion that we can solve all our environmental problems.
  3. [be under no illusion/illusions] : We are under no illusion that this money will be enough.
  4. [have no illusions] : I had no illusions about the task that lay ahead.
  5. For some time
  6. Yeltsin’s rule provided an illusion of stability.
  7. [give/create the illusion of something] : Glass bricks in the bathroom gave the illusion of lightness and space.