obey

🗣️ /əˈbeɪ/

කීකරු වෙනවා, නියෝග පිළිපදිනවා

How to use "obey" in a sentence:

obey (someone/something)

• She obeys her parents' rules.

object

🗣️ /əbˈdʒekt/

විරෝධය පල කරනවා

How to use "object" in a sentence:

object (to something)

• I object to eating spicy food.

object doing something

• I object studying at night.

object someone doing something

• I object your eating in the library.

oblige

🗣️ /əˈblaɪdʒ/

(කළ උදවුවකට) ණයගැති වෙනවා

How to use "oblige" in a sentence:

oblige someone to do something [P.V.]

• The teacher obliged the students to complete their homework by tomorrow.

observe

🗣️ /əbˈzɜːv/

නිරීක්ෂණය කරනවා, විශේෂ අවධානයට යොමු කරනවා, දකිනවා

How to use "observe" in a sentence:

observe someone/something (do something/doing something)

• She observed her students writing in their notebooks during the class.

observe that...

• I observe that the apple is red.

obstruct

🗣️ /əbˈstrʌkt/

අවහිර කරනවා, බාධා කරනවා

How to use "obstruct" in a sentence:

obstruct something

• The fallen tree obstructed the road.

obtain

🗣️ /əbˈteɪn/

ලබාගන්නවා, අත් කරගන්නවා

How to use "obtain" in a sentence:

obtain something

• She obtained the job she always wanted.

occupy

🗣️ /əbˈstrʌkt/

ඉඩක්/ප්‍රදේශයක්/

කාලයක් භාවිතා කරනවා, (වැඩක) නිරත වෙනවා

How to use "occupy" in a sentence:

occupy something

• The soldiers will occupy the town until reinforcements arrive.

occupy someone/something (with someone/something)

• The toddler occupied the room with his toys.

occupy someone/something (in doing something)

• The book occupied my attention during the entire lecture.

occur

🗣️ /əˈkɜː(r)/

සිදුවෙනවා, මතකයට එනවා

How to use "occur" in a sentence:

occur adv./prep.

• It occurred suddenly during the night.

occur to someone that

• It occurred to me that I left my keys at home.

offend

🗣️ /əˈfend/

වරදක් කරනවා, හිත රිද්දනවා

How to use "offend" in a sentence:

offend someone/something

• She was offended by his rude comments.

offer

🗣️ /ˈɒfə(r)/

පිළිගන්වනවා

How to use "offer" in a sentence:

offer someone something

• I will offer you a drink.

offer something (to someone)

• She offered her seat to the elderly lady on the bus.

open

🗣️ /ˈəʊpən/

විවෘත කරනවා, ආරම්භ කරනවා

How to use "open" in a sentence:

open something

• I open the door.

operate

🗣️ /ˈɒpəreɪt/

ක්‍රියා කරනවා, ක්‍රියා කරවනවා, සැත්කමක් කරනවා

How to use "operate" in a sentence:

operate something

• He operates the machinery with precision.

operate (on someone) (for something)

• The surgeon will operate on the patient for appendicitis tomorrow.

oppose

🗣️ /əˈpəʊz/

විරුද්ධ වෙනවා, විරෝධය පානවා, එරෙහිව සිටිනවා

How to use "oppose" in a sentence:

oppose (someone/something) (doing something)

• She opposes me wearing short skirts to school.

order

🗣️ /ˈɔːdə(r)/

නියෝග කරනවා, ඇණවුම් කරනවා

How to use "order" in a sentence:

order someone to do something

• I will order the students to complete their homework before the end of class.

order that...

• "I always order that my students arrive on time for class."

order someone something

• I will order my son a pizza for dinner.

order something (for someone)

• She ordered a pizza for her sister.

organize

🗣️ /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/

සංවිධානය කරනවා, පිළියෙළ කරනවා

How to use "organize" in a sentence:

organize something

• I will organize the classroom for the school concert.

outline

🗣️ /ˈaʊtlaɪn/

අදාළ කරුණු සැකිල්ලක් සේ දක්වනවා

How to use "outline" in a sentence:

outline something (to someone)

• I will outline the steps of the experiment to my students before we begin.

outline wh-

• I will outline what the essay needs to cover.

outlive

🗣️ /ˌaʊtˈlɪv/

යම් කෙනෙකුට වඩා කල් ජීවත් වෙනවා, යම් දෙයකට වඩා කල් පවතිනවා

How to use "outlive" in a sentence:

outlive someone

• My grandmother has outlived all of her siblings.

outlive something

• The old oak tree will outlive the new saplings planted around it.

outsmart

🗣️ /ˌaʊtˈsmɑːt/

යම් කෙනෙකුට වඩා උපායශීලී වෙනවා

How to use "outsmart" in a sentence:

outsmart someone

• He managed to outsmart his opponent and win the game.

outwit

🗣️ /ˌaʊtˈwɪt/

යම් කෙනෙකුට වඩා උපායශීලී වී ඔහුව පරදනවා

How to use "outwit" in a sentence:

outwit someone

• He was able to outwit his opponents in the debate.

overcome*

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/

මැඩපවත්වමින්/යටපත් කරමින් සාර්ථක වෙනවා

How to use "overcome" in a sentence:

overcome someone/something

• After months of practice, the team finally overcame their rivals and won the championship.

overdose

🗣️ /ˈəʊvədəʊs/

(බෙහෙතක් වැනි යමක්) නියමිත මාත්‍රාවට වඩා ගන්නවා

How to use "overdose" in a sentence:

overdose (on something)

• He accidentally overdosed on his medication and had to be rushed to the hospital.

overestimate

🗣️ /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/

අධිතක්සේරු කරනවා

How to use "overestimate" in a sentence:

overestimate someone/something

• She tends to overestimate her abilities in math.

overflow

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/

පිරී ඉතිරී යනවා

How to use "overflow" in a sentence:

overflow (with something)

• The tank overflowed with water due to heavy rain.

overhear*

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈhɪə(r)/

වෙන කෙනෙකුට තව කෙනෙක් කියන දෙයක් අහම්බෙන් ඇහෙනවා

How to use "overhear" in a sentence:

overhear someone/something (doing something)

• I overheard my neighbor singing in the shower this morning.

overhear someone/something (do something)

• He often overhears his neighbors arguing loudly next door.

overheat

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/

අධික ලෙස රත් වෙනවා/කරනවා

How to use "overheat" in a sentence:

overheat (something)

• The engine of my car always seems to overheat whenever I drive it for too long.

overlap

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈlæp/

එකක් උඩ එකක් වැටෙනවා

How to use "overlap" in a sentence:

overlap (something)

• The two images overlap in the middle.

overpower

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə(r)/

දමනය කරනවා

How to use "overpower" in a sentence:

overpower someone

• The strong boxer was able to overpower his opponent in the first round.

overrate

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/

වැඩි තක්සේරු කරනවා

How to use "overrate" in a sentence:

overrate someone/something

• I think people often overrate their own abilities when they haven't fully tested them.

overrule

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈruːl/

නිෂ්ප්‍රභා කරනවා

How to use "overrule" in a sentence:

overrule someone/something

• The judge overrules objections from the defense attorney.

overstep

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈstep/

සීමාව ඉක්මවා යනවා, උල්ලංඝණය කරනවා

How to use "overstep" in a sentence:

overstep something

• He overstepped his authority by making decisions without consulting his team.

overtake

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/

පසුකර යනවා, ප්‍රමාණයෙන්/වැදගත්කමින් ඉක්මවා යනවා

How to use "overtake" in a sentence:

overtake (someone/something)

• "The racecar overtook the slower car on the final lap to win the race."

overwhelm

🗣️ /ˌəʊvəˈwelm/

මැඩ පවත්වනවා

How to use "overwhelm" in a sentence:

overwhelm someone/something

• The news of his sudden death overwhelmed his family and friends.

owe

🗣️ /əʊ/

කෙනෙකුට යමක් ගෙවීමට/කර දෙන්නට බැඳී සිටිනවා

How to use "owe" in a sentence:

owe someone something (for something)

• The businessman owes me $100 for the services I provided.

owe something (to someone) (for something)

• She owes me $20 for the coffee I bought her yesterday.

own

🗣️ /əʊn/

අයිතියි, (සත්‍ය යැයි) පිළිගන්නවා

How to use "own" in a sentence:

own something

• She owns a beautiful house in the countryside.

own to something

• He owns to having a fear of heights.

own to doing something

• She owns to always doing her homework on time.

own that...

• I own that house on the corner.