beeper
/ˈbiːpə(r)/noun
उच्चारण बीपर
बीपर, पेजर
Basic word
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a small electronic device that you carry with you and that makes a short high sound to tell you that somebody wants to contact you
बीपर, पेजर
- Doctors on duty used to carry beepers before mobile phones became common.
- The surgeon's beeper went off during dinner.
- Staff were given beepers so that they could be called quickly.
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- He switched off his beeper before the meeting.
Synonyms pager bleeper
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[C]
any device that makes a short high electronic sound
बीप की आवाज़ करने वाला उपकरण
- The car's reversing beeper went off.
- The microwave has a beeper that sounds when the food is ready.
- A loud beeper warns people when the truck reverses.
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- The security gate has a beeper that goes off if you carry metal.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a beeper / beepers (countable noun)
A beeper is a small device that gives a short sound or shows a message to call you. It is sometimes called a pager.
'Beeper' एक छोटा उपकरण है जो छोटी आवाज़ देता है या आपको बुलाने का संदेश दिखाता है। इसे कभी-कभी pager भी कहते हैं।
- The doctor carried a beeper in case of an emergency.
- Old beepers could show only a phone number.
on / through a beeper
To contact someone by this device, use on the beeper or by beeper; the beeper itself is the means.
इस उपकरण से किसी से संपर्क करने के लिए 'on the beeper' या 'by beeper' प्रयोग होता है; beeper स्वयं माध्यम है।
- The surgeon was called on his beeper during dinner.
- They reached him by beeper.
beeper + noun / noun + beeper
Beeper appears before nouns for related things: beeper number, beeper signal, beeper battery.
'Beeper' संबंधित चीज़ों के पहले आता है: beeper number, beeper signal, beeper battery।
- Please give the beeper number to the front desk.
beeper (general): any device that beeps
In a wider sense, any device that makes a beep, such as a timer on a cooker or a smoke alarm, can be called a beeper.
व्यापक अर्थ में कोई भी उपकरण जो बीप की आवाज़ देता हो, जैसे cooker का timer या smoke alarm, beeper कहलाता है।
- The beeper on the cooker told her the rice was done.
beeper vs pager
Pager is the more common general word in British English, while beeper is common in American English.
'Pager' British English में अधिक प्रचलित सामान्य शब्द है, जबकि 'beeper' अमेरिकी English में आम है।
- The hospital still issues a pager to each night-duty doctor.
+Collocations 5
verb + beeper
carrywearswitch offanswercheck
- The nurse carried a beeper on her belt.
adjective + beeper
oldsmallportableloudbattery-powered
- The portable beeper clipped easily onto his pocket.
beeper + noun
numberbatterysignalmessagealert
- A beeper alert called the doctors to the ward.
preposition + beeper
onbythroughviawith
- The engineer was paged through his beeper at midnight.
beeper + verb
go offringbuzzflashsound
- His beeper went off in the library.
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- In the 1990s, many doctors in Indian cities carried a beeper.
1990 के दशक में भारतीय शहरों के कई डॉक्टर beeper रखते थे।
- The beeper went off in the middle of the lecture.
व्याख्यान के बीच में beeper बज उठा।
- She changed the beeper battery before the night shift began.
उसने रात की पाली शुरू होने से पहले beeper की बैटरी बदली।
- Mobile phones have replaced the beeper almost everywhere.
मोबाइल फ़ोन ने लगभग हर जगह beeper की जगह ले ली है।
- The beeper on the oven kept sounding until she opened the door.
ओवन का beeper तब तक बजता रहा जब तक उसने दरवाज़ा नहीं खोला।
- The matron's beeper rang just as the visiting hour ended.
मुलाकात का समय समाप्त होते ही matron का beeper बज उठा।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ They contacted him with beeper.
✓ They contacted him by beeper.
A means of communication takes by without an article.
संचार के माध्यम के लिए 'by' बिना article के आता है।