bioscope
/ˈbaɪəʊskəʊp/noun
उच्चारण बायउस्कोप
बाइस्कोप, सिनेमा
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[C] old-fashioned
an early type of film projector; (in South Africa and India) a cinema
बाइस्कोप, सिनेमा
- In the village fair, children paid a few paise to look into the bioscope.
- My grandfather still calls the cinema hall the bioscope.
- In the 1950s, people queued outside the bioscope in the town.
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- The travelling showman carried a bioscope from village to village.
- Nobody under sixteen was allowed into the bioscope in those days.
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bioscope (countable noun, dated)
A bioscope was an early film projector. In old South African and Indian English it also meant a cinema hall. Today it is a historical word, and cinema or movie theatre is used for the building.
'Bioscope' शुरुआती फ़िल्म प्रोजेक्टर था। पुरानी दक्षिण अफ़्रीकी और भारतीय English में इसका अर्थ सिनेमा हॉल भी था। आज यह ऐतिहासिक शब्द है; भवन के लिए cinema या movie theatre चलता है।
- The first bioscope shows in Bombay were held in 1896.
- My grandmother still calls the cinema hall the bioscope.
go to the bioscope
In old usage people said go to the bioscope for 'see a film'. The article is the.
पुराने प्रयोग में 'go to the bioscope' का अर्थ फ़िल्म देखने जाना था। Article 'the' आता है।
- They went to the bioscope every Saturday evening.
bioscope + noun
Used in historical phrases: bioscope show, bioscope operator, bioscope hall.
ऐतिहासिक वाक्यांशों में: bioscope show, bioscope operator, bioscope hall।
- A travelling bioscope show visited the village fair.
the bioscope in history writing
Writers use it with the past tense to describe early cinema.
लेखक early cinema का वर्णन करने के लिए इसे past tense के साथ प्रयोग करते हैं।
- The bioscope amazed audiences who had never seen moving pictures.
bioscope vs cinema vs theatre
Today use cinema or movie theatre for the building. Theatre in British English usually means a stage-play house.
आज भवन के लिए cinema या movie theatre प्रयोग करें। British English में theatre प्रायः नाटक-घर होता है।
- We watched the film at the cinema, not at the theatre.
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adjective + bioscope
earlytravellingsilentoldvillage
- The travelling bioscope came with a tent and a gramophone.
verb + bioscope
go toshowoperatevisitwatch
- He operated a bioscope in a small town in the 1920s.
bioscope + noun
showhallmanticketscreen
- A bioscope ticket cost an anna in those days.
bioscope + preposition
at the bioscopein the bioscopeof the bioscope
- Children gathered at the bioscope to watch silent films.
bioscope + period words
in the 1900sin the silent erabefore talkiesin the early days
- Before talkies arrived, a bioscope man would play music beside the screen.
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- Pioneers carried the bioscope from town to town, showing short films.
अग्रणी लोग bioscope को शहर-शहर ले जाकर छोटी फ़िल्में दिखाते थे।
- The old bioscope in the lane has now become a shopping complex.
गली का पुराना bioscope अब एक शॉपिंग कॉम्प्लेक्स बन गया है।
- In her history project, Radhika wrote about the first bioscope in India.
अपनी इतिहास परियोजना में राधिका ने भारत के पहले bioscope के बारे में लिखा।
- People were afraid of the moving train on the bioscope screen.
लोग bioscope के पर्दे पर चलती रेलगाड़ी से डर गए।
- My grandfather paid two annas for a seat at the bioscope.
मेरे दादा ने bioscope में एक सीट के लिए दो आने दिए।
- The word bioscope appears in many old English novels about South Africa.
Bioscope शब्द दक्षिण अफ़्रीका के बारे में लिखे कई पुराने अंग्रेज़ी उपन्यासों में आता है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema, made Raja Harishchandra, India's first full-length feature film, in 1913.
भारतीय सिनेमा के जनक दादासाहेब फाल्के ने 1913 में भारत की पहली पूर्ण-लंबाई feature film राजा हरिश्चंद्र बनाई थी।