a handicap is a form of:
Handicap
noun
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- (A race or competition in which difficulties are imposed on, something that hampers, disables, etc., disadvantage, hindrance, game or contest in which handicaps are given, a condition so imposed) physical handicap វិកល
Example: A handicap to a person, A person is handicapped in writing if he cannot use his thumb.handicap to progress គ្រឿងរារាំង
Example: Deafness can be a serious handicap. - 2.
- ភាពពិការ, ឧបសគ្គ, ជនពិការ
verb — past tense: handicapped ; past participle: handicapped ; present participle: handicapping ;
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- ពិការ, រារាំង
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to hinder or impede) រារាំង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.
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- A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
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- An old game at cards.
verb — past tense: handicapped ; past participle: handicapped ; present participle: handicapping ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.
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- affliction, block, disability, disadvantage, hindrance, impairment, impediment, inability, incapacity, limitation, obstacle, penalty, weakness
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- ability, capability, power, strength