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