Dictionary entry

Problem

Pronunciation: /ˈprɒbləm/

Pronunciation

/ˈprɒbləm/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အခက်အခဲ

Definition

problem /'prɒblǝm/ n ၁။ အခက္အခဲ။ ျပႆနာ။ ခဲရာခဲဆစ္။ a knotty problem ❍ serious pressing economic problems ❍ We've got a minor problem with the car– it won't start! ❍ We've run into a few technical/practical problems. ❍ You'll have to mend that leak or it will cause/create problems later. ❍ The government must tackle/confront/address the housing problem in the inner cities. ❍ Travel is/poses/presents a problem for him now that he's in a wheelchair. ❍ The problem first arose in 1993. ❍ ( infml ) ‘Will you be able to get me tickets for the game?’‘Of course, no problem (ie It will be easy). ’ ❍ Stop worrying about their marriage– it's not your problem. ❍ a newspaper's problem page (ie for readers' letters about their problems, and suggested solutions). ၂။ ပုစၧာ။ ေမးခြန္း။ a mathematical problem ❍ She found the answer to the problem. ❍ develop problem-solving strategies. ❏ problematic /prɒblǝ'mætÇk/ (also problematical ) adj ခက္ခဲေသာ။ ခဲရာခဲဆစ္။ The marketing of such a product may prove problematic. ❏ problem child n ဆိုးေသာကေလး။ သြန္သင္ရခက္ေသာ ကေလး။

Examples

  1. A major cause of traffic problems in the city
  2. [problem of] : The problem of unemployment
  3. [problem for] : Homelessness is a serious problem for a lot of young people.
  4. [have problems with] : We’ve been having problems with the heating in the office.
  5. [solve a problem] : That still doesn’t solve our problem.
  6. [cause someone a problem/cause a problem for someone] : The continuing bad weather is causing serious problems for farmers.
  7. [pose a problem (for someone/something)] : Racial tensions in the south of the city pose a real problem for the police.
  8. [the (only) problem is (that)] : They’re the best cameras on the market. The only problem is they’re incredibly expensive.
  9. A drug/alcohol problem
  10. Health/behaviour problems
  11. A problem child/family
  12. Mathematical problems