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contraction meaning in Myanmar

ချုံ့ခြင်း hkyum.hkrang:

/kənˈtɹækʃn̩/

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British/kənˈtɹakʃn̩/

contraction in Myanmar: ချုံ့ခြင်း (hkyum.hkrang:), ကျုံ့ခြင်း (kyum.hkrang:). In English, contraction means an act of incurring debt; also (generally), an act of acquiring something (generally negative).

Myanmar words for contraction

(sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume
ချုံ့ခြင်း hkyum.hkrang:, ကျုံ့ခြင်း kyum.hkrang:
stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together
ချုံ့ခြင်း hkyum.hkrang:, ကျုံ့ခြင်း kyum.hkrang:

English meaning of contraction

  1. noun An act of incurring debt; also (generally), an act of acquiring something (generally negative).
  2. noun An act of entering into a contract or agreement; specifically, a contract of marriage; a contracting; also (obsolete), a betrothal.
  3. noun The process of contracting or becoming infected with a disease.
  4. noun An abridgement or shortening of writing, etc.; an abstract, a summary; also (uncountable), brevity, conciseness.

Full definition of contraction

contraction in a sentence

  • Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.
  • the contraction of malaria
  • The country’s economic contraction was caused by high oil prices.

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Questions about contraction in Myanmar

What is the meaning of contraction in Myanmar?
Contraction in Myanmar is ချုံ့ခြင်း (hkyum.hkrang:), ကျုံ့ခြင်း (kyum.hkrang:).
contraction ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Contraction: ချုံ့ခြင်း (hkyum.hkrang:), ကျုံ့ခြင်း (kyum.hkrang:).
What does contraction mean in English?
Contraction means an act of incurring debt; also (generally), an act of acquiring something (generally negative).

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