buy
/baɪ/verb
उच्चारण बाइ
ख़रीदना; (बात) मान लेना
Basic word
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[T]
to obtain something by paying money for it; (informal) to believe that something is true
ख़रीदना; (बात) मान लेना
- She bought a new phone.
- I don't buy that excuse.
- We bought vegetables from the market this morning.
+ 3 more examples
- How much did you pay when you bought the bike?
- I will buy you a gift for your birthday.
- Do you really buy his story?
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[C]
a thing that is bought or that is for sale
सौदा, ख़रीद
- a good buy
- At that price, the camera is a great buy.
- This laptop is the best buy in its range.
+ 1 more example
- A used car can be a good buy if it is well looked after.
Synonyms purchase bargain deal acquisition
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
buy + object
The basic pattern: you buy a thing. The seller is not the subject; the buyer is.
मूल संरचना: आप कोई चीज़ खरीदते हैं। Subject खरीदने वाला होता है, बेचने वाला नहीं।
- Radhika bought a new dictionary yesterday.
- We bought vegetables from the weekly market.
buy + sth + from sb / for sb / for + price
Use 'from' for the seller, 'for' for the person who gets the item and for the price paid.
विक्रेता के लिए 'from', और जिसे वस्तु मिलती है उसके लिए तथा दाम के लिए 'for' आता है।
- I bought this phone from a shop near the station.
- He bought a gift for his sister.
- She bought the old scooter for twenty thousand rupees.
buy sb sth (double object)
You can also put the receiver directly after the verb without 'for'.
जिसे वस्तु मिलती है उसे बिना 'for' के सीधे verb के बाद भी रखा जा सकता है।
- My father bought me a bicycle when I passed Class 10.
buy into / buy off / buy up (phrasal verbs)
'Buy into' means to accept an idea or invest in something; 'buy off' means to pay someone to stop opposing you; 'buy up' means to buy large amounts.
'Buy into' का अर्थ किसी विचार को मानना; 'buy off' का अर्थ पैसे देकर किसी का विरोध रोकना; 'buy up' का अर्थ बड़ी मात्रा में खरीद लेना।
- Not everyone bought into the new plan.
- Traders bought up all the onions before the festival.
buy (informal): believe
In informal English, 'buy' also means to believe. It is usually used in questions and negatives.
अनौपचारिक English में 'buy' का अर्थ विश्वास करना भी है, प्रायः प्रश्न या नकारात्मक वाक्य में।
- I don't buy his excuse about the traffic.
+Collocations 4
buy + noun
a ticketa housegroceriesa shareinsurancea book
- You can buy a railway ticket online.
buy + adverb
onlinein bulkon creditsecond-handin instalments
- The family bought a refrigerator in instalments.
buy + time / trust
buy timebuy peacebuy loyaltybuy a vote
- The minister tried to buy time before announcing the decision.
adjective + buy (noun)
goodbestbadbargainsmart
- At that price, the second-hand laptop was a good buy.
“More examples 6
- I have to buy a pen before the exam begins.
परीक्षा शुरू होने से पहले मुझे एक pen खरीदना है।
- She bought her mother a sari for Diwali.
उसने दीवाली के लिए अपनी माँ को एक साड़ी खरीदकर दी।
- This phone is a good buy at that price.
उस दाम पर यह फ़ोन एक अच्छा सौदा है।
- Many investors are buying shares of public sector banks.
बहुत से निवेशक सरकारी बैंकों के शेयर खरीद रहे हैं।
- Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy comfort.
पैसे से ख़ुशी नहीं खरीदी जा सकती, पर आराम खरीदा जा सकता है।
- I'm not buying that story; he was never in Delhi.
मैं उस कहानी पर विश्वास नहीं कर रहा; वह कभी दिल्ली में था ही नहीं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I bought a book to the bookseller.
✓ I bought a book from the bookseller.
The seller is introduced with 'from', not 'to'.
विक्रेता के लिए 'from' का प्रयोग होता है, 'to' का नहीं।
✗ He buyed a new bicycle last week.
✓ He bought a new bicycle last week.
The past tense and past participle of buy is 'bought'.
'Buy' का past और past participle 'bought' है।
✗ She bought the shirt with five hundred rupees.
✓ She bought the shirt for five hundred rupees.
The price paid takes 'for', not 'with'.
चुकाए गए दाम के साथ 'for' आता है, 'with' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all concern getting something, but only some involve paying.
ये सभी verbs कुछ प्राप्त करने से जुड़े हैं, पर सब में भुगतान शामिल नहीं होता।
A formal word for buy, used for larger or official buying.
'Buy' का औपचारिक रूप, बड़ी या आधिकारिक खरीद के लिए।
- The college purchased new laboratory equipment.
To gain something, often with effort and not always by paying.
प्रयास से कुछ प्राप्त करना, ज़रूरी नहीं कि पैसे देकर।
- She acquired a degree in law.
→Phrasal verbs 3
buy into sth
to believe something, especially an idea that many other people believe; to buy part of a company
(किसी विचार को) सच मान लेना, स्वीकार कर लेना; (कंपनी में) हिस्सेदारी ख़रीदना
- I don't buy into the idea that success comes overnight.
- The group bought into a local steel company.
buy sb off
to pay somebody money to prevent them from causing trouble
(किसी का) मुँह बंद करने के लिए पैसे देना, रिश्वत देकर चुप कराना
- The contractor tried to buy off the inspector.
buy sth up
to buy all or as much as possible of something
(किसी चीज़ को) सारा का सारा ख़रीद लेना
- Investors are buying up land near the new airport.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophones: buy, by and bye are all /baɪ/.
Homophones: buy, by और bye सब /baɪ/ हैं।
Keep the buy words: purchase (formal), acquire, procure (formal, obtain something with effort), shop.
ख़रीदने के शब्द याद रखिए: purchase (औपचारिक), acquire, procure (औपचारिक, प्रयास से प्राप्त करना), shop।
§Grammar and usage
Verb forms, asked very often: buy, bought, bought (keep apart bought, past of buy, and brought, past of bring).
Verb forms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: buy, bought, bought (bought, buy का past, और brought, bring का past, को अलग रखिए)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Buy time (try to delay something), buy a pig in a poke (buy something without seeing it first), I'll buy that (informal, I accept that as true).
Idioms: buy time (कुछ टालने का प्रयास, समय निकालना), buy a pig in a poke (बिना देखे ख़रीदना), I'll buy that (अनौपचारिक, मैं इसे सच मानता हूँ)।
Buy into (believe in an idea), buy out (buy somebody's share of a business), buy off (bribe).
Phrasal verbs: buy into (किसी विचार पर विश्वास करना), buy out (किसी का व्यापार में हिस्सा ख़रीदना), buy off (रिश्वत देना)।