alive
/əˈlaɪv/adjective
उच्चारण अलाइव
जीवित, ज़िंदा
Basic wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
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continuing to exist
बना हुआ, कायम
- The tradition is still alive in the villages.
- Keep hope alive.
- The fire of the freedom movement stayed alive in the hearts of people.
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- The festival keeps the old culture alive.
- Their friendship is still alive after thirty years.
Synonyms active existing flourishing in existence
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~ to sth
aware of something
(किसी बात से) अवगत, सजग
- Be alive to the dangers of the road.
- The new recruits must remain alive to every change in the security situation.
- Teachers must be alive to the needs of weaker students.
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- Drivers should be alive to sudden changes in the weather.
- The city is alive to the threat of flooding.
Synonyms aware of alert to conscious of awake to
Opposite unaware of oblivious to
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~ with sth
full of people, animals or activity
(किसी चीज़ से) भरा हुआ, गुलज़ार
- The pond was alive with frogs after the rain.
- By noon the market was alive with shoppers buying sweets and lamps for the festival.
- The sky was alive with kites on Makar Sankranti.
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- The old well was alive with insects at dusk.
- The station was alive with travellers during the festival.
Synonyms teeming with swarming with crawling with full of
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
be alive (predicative only)
Alive normally comes after a verb such as be, stay, keep or remain, and not before a noun.
'Alive' प्रायः be, stay, keep या remain जैसे verb के बाद आता है, noun से पहले नहीं।
- Is your grandfather still alive?
- The doctors kept the patient alive for a week.
noun + alive (after the noun)
Alive can come straight after a noun with a superlative: the best player alive.
Superlative के साथ 'alive' noun के तुरंत बाद आ सकता है: the best player alive।
- He is the greatest batsman alive.
alive with sth / alive to sth
Alive with means full of movement or life, and alive to means aware of.
'Alive with' का अर्थ गति या जीवन से भरा है, और 'alive to' का अर्थ जागरूक है।
- The market was alive with shoppers before Diwali.
- The government is alive to the danger of floods.
alive vs live vs living (before nouns)
Before a noun use live (fish, wire, broadcast, pronounced with a long i) or living (living things).
Noun से पहले live (fish, wire, broadcast, दीर्घ i के साथ) या living (living things) का प्रयोग करें।
- The vendor sold live crabs.
- All living things need water.
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verb + alive
staykeepburncomefeel
- Radhika kept the tradition alive by teaching her children.
adverb + alive
very muchbarelystillscarcelyfully
- The wounded soldier was barely alive.
alive + preposition
alive withalive toalive and wellalive and kicking
- The old traditions are alive and well in our village.
noun + alive
person aliveman aliveonly person aliveoldest woman alive
- She is the oldest woman alive in the district.
“More examples 5
- The farmer was lucky to be alive after the cyclone.
चक्रवात के बाद जीवित बच जाना किसान का सौभाग्य था।
- The town comes alive during the Ganesh festival.
गणेश उत्सव के दौरान शहर जीवंत हो उठता है।
- The teacher brought history alive with stories.
अध्यापक ने कहानियों के सहारे इतिहास को जीवंत कर दिया।
- Is the snake still alive?
क्या साँप अब भी जीवित है?
- The old hotel is alive with the sound of music every evening.
पुराना होटल हर शाम संगीत की ध्वनि से जीवंत रहता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The shopkeeper sells alive fish.
✓ The shopkeeper sells live fish.
Alive cannot stand before a noun; live is used there.
'Alive' noun से पहले नहीं आ सकता; वहाँ 'live' आता है।
✗ My grandfather is not alive now; he is died last year.
✓ My grandfather is not alive now; he died last year.
Died is the simple past form and needs no is before it.
'Died' simple past है और उससे पहले 'is' नहीं लगता।
✗ She is the best alive singer.
✓ She is the best singer alive.
Alive follows the noun it describes after a superlative.
Superlative के बाद 'alive' अपने noun के पीछे आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Alive, living and live mean not dead, but they sit in different places in a sentence.
Alive, living और live का अर्थ मृत न होना है, पर वाक्य में इनके स्थान भिन्न हैं।
Currently alive; can be used before a noun.
इस समय जीवित; noun से पहले आ सकता है।
- No living person saw it.
Having life (animals) or happening in real time.
जीवित (पशु) या वास्तविक समय में हो रहा।
- We watched a live match.
¶Idioms 3
alive and kicking
still living or existing and full of energy
ज़िंदा और पूरे जोश में
- At ninety, Grandfather is still alive and kicking.
come alive
to become lively or interesting
जीवंत हो उठना
- The class came alive when she told the story.
bring sth alive
to make something interesting or realistic
सजीव कर देना
- Good teachers bring history alive.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
alive, living, live and lively
Alive is used after a verb: 'The fish is still alive' (never 'an alive fish'). Before a noun, use living or live: 'a living creature', 'live fish'. Lively means full of energy: 'a lively child'. Other a- adjectives with the same rule: asleep, awake, alone, afraid, alike, aware.
Alive verb के बाद आता है: 'The fish is still alive' ('an alive fish' कभी नहीं)। Noun से पहले living या live कहिए: 'a living creature', 'live fish'। Lively का अर्थ 'ऊर्जा से भरा' है: 'a lively child'। इसी नियम वाले अन्य a- adjectives: asleep, awake, alone, afraid, alike, aware।
§Grammar and usage
Alive is never used before a noun ('an alive person' is wrong; say 'a living person'); the same rule for asleep, awake, alone, afraid, aware.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: alive कभी noun से पहले नहीं आता ('an alive person' गलत है; 'a living person' कहिए); यही नियम asleep, awake, alone, afraid, aware के लिए।
Alive to (aware of), alive with (full of).
'alive to' (से अवगत), 'alive with' (से भरा)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Alive and kicking, come alive, bring alive, keep sth alive, dead or alive.
Idioms: alive and kicking (पूरी तरह स्वस्थ और सक्रिय), come alive (जीवंत हो उठना), bring alive (किसी चीज़ में जान डाल देना), keep sth alive (किसी चीज़ को ज़िंदा या जारी रखना), dead or alive (ज़िंदा या मुर्दा)।