capsule
/ˈkæpsjuːl/noun
उच्चारण कैप्स्यूल
कैप्सूल
Core word
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a small container which has a measured amount of a medicine inside and which dissolves when you swallow it; the part of a spacecraft in which people travel
कैप्सूल
- a time capsule
- crew capsule
- Take one capsule with water after breakfast.
+ 2 more examples
- The capsule dissolves slowly in the stomach.
- The astronauts returned to Earth in a small capsule.
Synonyms pill tablet module compartment
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
capsule (medicine)
A capsule is a small container of medicine that you swallow; take a capsule, a capsule of vitamin D.
Capsule दवा का छोटा आवरण है जिसे निगला जाता है; take a capsule, a capsule of vitamin D जैसे प्रयोग होते हैं।
- Take one capsule after meals.
- The doctor prescribed a vitamin capsule.
capsule (space) / time capsule
A capsule is the part of a spacecraft in which people travel; a time capsule is a box sealed to be opened in the future.
Capsule अंतरिक्ष यान का वह भाग है जिसमें लोग यात्रा करते हैं; time capsule भविष्य में खोलने के लिए बंद किया गया डिब्बा है।
- The capsule landed safely in the sea.
- The school buried a time capsule in the garden.
capsule as an adjective (brief)
Before a noun, capsule means short and containing the main points, as in capsule summary.
Noun से पहले capsule का अर्थ संक्षिप्त और मुख्य बातों वाला होता है, जैसे capsule summary।
- The magazine gave a capsule review of the film.
- She wrote a capsule course for beginners.
capsule vs tablet
A capsule has a soft or hard shell holding powder or liquid; a tablet is pressed hard.
Capsule में नरम या कठोर खोल के भीतर चूर्ण या द्रव होता है; tablet दबाकर बनाई गई ठोस गोली है।
- Swallow the capsule whole.
- You may crush the tablet if it is hard to swallow.
+Collocations 4
type + capsule
vitamingelatinspacetimecoffee
- Radhika's school buried a time capsule in the playground.
verb + capsule
swallowtakeopenprescribelaunch
- Swallow the capsule with a glass of water.
capsule + noun
reviewsummarycollectioncourseshell
- The capsule collection has only six outfits.
capsule + dosage
one capsuletwice dailybefore foodafter meals
- Take one capsule twice daily after meals.
“More examples 5
- The astronauts returned in a small capsule that landed in the ocean.
अंतरिक्ष यात्री एक छोटे capsule में लौटे जो समुद्र में उतरा।
- Keep the capsules in a cool, dry place.
Capsules को ठंडी, सूखी जगह पर रखिए।
- The editor wrote a capsule summary of each chapter.
संपादक ने हर अध्याय का संक्षिप्त सार लिखा।
- The little capsule contained a note for future students.
छोटे capsule में भावी विद्यार्थियों के लिए एक पत्र था।
- He found it hard to swallow the large capsule without water.
उसे बिना पानी के बड़ा capsule निगलना कठिन लगा।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The doctor told me to eat a capsule twice a day.
✓ The doctor told me to take a capsule twice a day.
Medicine is taken (or swallowed), not eaten.
दवा के साथ take या swallow आता है, eat नहीं।
✗ Take two capsule after lunch.
✓ Take two capsules after lunch.
A countable noun after two needs the plural -s.
Two के बाद countable noun में plural -s लगता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
§Grammar and usage
Usage: capsule also means short ('a GK capsule', a short summary).
प्रयोग में capsule का अर्थ संक्षिप्त भी है ('a GK capsule', संक्षिप्त सारांश)।