វាក្យសព្ទ

direct

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Is there a direct bus to the airport?”

សទិសន័យ: straight, immediate

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: indirect

director

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The director is in the office.”

សទិសន័យ: manager, leader

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: employee

direction

/dəˈrekʃən/

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Can you give me directions to the museum?”

សទិសន័យ: charge, counsel, guidance

innuendo

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The article was full of innuendo.”

សទិសន័យ: hint, suggestion

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: direct statement

allusion

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The poem contains an allusion to history.”

សទិសន័យ: reference, hint

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: direct statement

oblique

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

សទិសន័យ: indirect, slanted

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: direct

connote

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The word can connote danger.”

សទិសន័យ: suggest, imply

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: denote

allude

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “He did not allude to the problem.”

សទិសន័យ: hint, refer indirectly

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: state clearly

oversee

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The director will oversee the project.”

សទិសន័យ: supervise, manage

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: ignore

supervisor

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “My supervisor checked the report.”

សទិសន័យ: manager, boss

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: trainee

catalog

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Look at the product catalog.”

សទិសន័យ: list, directory

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: single item

recipe

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “This recipe is easy.”

សទិសន័យ: cooking instructions

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: random cooking

instruction

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Read the instruction carefully.”

សទិសន័យ: direction, guide

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: confusion

vocational

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Vocational training can lead directly to employment.”

សទិសន័យ: career-oriented, technical

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: academic, general

unmediated

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The audience had unmediated access to the artist online.”

សទិសន័យ: direct, immediate

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: mediated, filtered

figurative

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The phrase is figurative, not literal.”

សទិសន័យ: symbolic, metaphorical

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: literal, direct

denotation

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”

សទិសន័យ: literal meaning, direct reference

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: connotation, implication

superintendent

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The superintendent inspected the building.”

សទិសន័យ: supervisor, manager

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: worker

south

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”

សទិសន័យ: southern direction

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: north

north

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “They traveled to the north of the country.”

សទិសន័យ: northern direction

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: south

frank

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”

សទិសន័យ: honest, direct

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: secretive, dishonest

turn

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Turn left at the corner.”

សទិសន័យ: rotate, go

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: stay

euphemistic

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The statement used euphemistic language to avoid direct blame.”

សទិសន័យ: indirect, softened

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: blunt, explicit

allegorical

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”

សទិសន័យ: symbolic, figurative

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: literal, direct

meaningless

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Without context, the numbers are meaningless.”

សទិសន័យ: pointless, insignificant

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: meaningful, significant

urge

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “I urge you to check the data again.”

សទិសន័យ: encourage strongly, push

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: discourage

lead

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “She will lead the new project team.”

សទិសន័យ: guide, direct

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: follow

folder

នាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Save the file in the blue folder.”

សទិសន័យ: directory, file holder

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: loose file

prescriptive

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The guide is prescriptive: it tells you exactly what to do.”

សទិសន័យ: directive

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: descriptive

imply

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Are you implying that I lied?”

សទិសន័យ: suggest

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: state

control

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “I can’t control the weather.”

សទិសន័យ: manage

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: lose control

against

ធ្នាក់

ឧទាហរណ៍: “I am against this plan.”

សទិសន័យ: opposed to

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: for

toward

ធ្នាក់

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Walk toward the door.”

សទិសន័យ: to

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: away from

around

ធ្នាក់

ឧទាហរណ៍: “There are trees around the house.”

សទិសន័យ: near

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: far

euphemistically

គុណកិរិយា

ឧទាហរណ៍: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””

សទិសន័យ: indirectly

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: bluntly

steer

កិរិយាសព្ទ

ឧទាហរណ៍: “He steered the car carefully.”

សទិសន័យ: guide

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: mislead

forward

គុណកិរិយា

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Move forward, please.”

សទិសន័យ: ahead

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: back

right

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “This answer is right.”

សទិសន័យ: correct

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: wrong

divergent

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “The teams had divergent priorities for the quarter.”

implicit

គុណនាម

ឧទាហរណ៍: “There was an implicit assumption that prices would rise.”

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

សទិសន័យ: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

trend

/trend/

ឧទាហរណ៍: “This trend is growing.”

សទិសន័យ: slew, drift, slue

focus

/ˈfoʊkəs/

ឧទាហរណ៍: “Try to focus on your work.”

សទិសន័យ: nidus, stress, concentrate

ពាក្យផ្ទុយ: dim, slur, blear