Dictionary entry

Gesture

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛstʃə/

Pronunciation

/ˈdʒɛstʃə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) လက်ဟန်ခြေဟန်အမူအရာ။ (vi) မှန်ကန်သည့်သတင်း။ (v) လက်ဟန်ခြေဟန် ပြ

Definition

gesture / 'dʒestʃǝ(r) / n ၁။ [C,U] လက္ဟန္ေျခဟန္။ make a rude gesture ❍ with a gesture of despair ❍ communicate entirely by gesture. ၂။ [C] အမူအရာ။ a gesture of defiance/ sympathy ❍ The invitation was meant as a friendly gesture. v လက္ဟန္ေျခဟန္ ျပသည္။ gesturing vaguely with one's hands ❍ She gestured her disapproval. ❍ He gestured to/ towards the door. ❍ He gestured (to me) that it was time to go. ❍ He gestured to them to keep quiet.

Examples

  1. A helpless/impatient/dramatic gesture
  2. [make a gesture] : Ellen rose from the table
  3. and they made the gesture of rising too.
  4. [obscene gesture] : Maxham held up two fingers in an obscene gesture.
  5. As a touch-based platform
  6. iOS uses gestures like swipes and taps to let you control things with intuitive ease.
  7. Offering to drive us there was a very nice gesture.
  8. A symbolic gesture
  9. [gesture of] : A gesture of support/solidarity/goodwill
  10. The social media site
  11. Mashable
  12. calls these kinds of "social gestures
  13. " one of the tech trends to look out for in 2012: "With 800 million people already on Facebook
  14. its growth is bound to be slow. But if sharing becomes automatic
  15. the volume of content on Facebook will continue to grow at an accelerated pace."