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agak-ration

Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.

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agak-ration agar-ration

agaration

Malay:

agak

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English:

-(r)ation

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definitions

noun

  1. a guess; an estimation
  2. I didn't mean that I watch exactly 10 hours of TV every week for sure; that figure was just an agaration.

  3. the process or action of estimating (agak).
  4. - How much is that in total?
    - Just do some agaration... close enough also can lah.


usage notes

Backformations such as agarate or agarating, as well as the related agar-ing, may be seen - albeit nonstandard and almost always used humorously or ironically.