carpool
/ˈkɑːpuːl/noun
उच्चारण कार्पूल
कारपूल, साझा कार-यात्रा समूह
Core word
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[C]
a group of people who travel together to work or school in one car, usually taking turns to drive
कारपूल, साझा कार-यात्रा समूह
- Four of us from the office have formed a carpool.
- a carpool lane
- Our carpool leaves the colony at eight sharp.
+ 2 more examples
- She joined a carpool to save money on petrol.
- The carpool has four members who take turns to drive.
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[I]
to share a car with other people to go to work or school
(दफ़्तर, स्कूल आदि जाने के लिए) कार साझा करना
- Parents in our colony carpool to drop the children at school.
- Carpooling helps cut traffic and pollution.
- Several colleagues carpool from Noida to the office.
+ 2 more examples
- We carpooled to the airport and shared the cost.
- Do you carpool with anyone from your street?
Synonyms car-share share a car
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
carpool (verb) + to + place
As a verb, carpool means to share a car for regular journeys. It is intransitive: you carpool to work, not 'carpool the work'.
Verb के रूप में carpool का अर्थ नियमित यात्रा के लिए गाड़ी साझा करना है; यह अकर्मक है और स्थान के साथ 'to' आता है।
- Radhika and two neighbours carpool to the office.
- Parents carpool to take the children to school.
carpool with + person
The people you share with are introduced by 'with'.
जिनके साथ गाड़ी साझा की जाती है उन्हें 'with' से बताया जाता है।
- He carpools with two colleagues who live in his society.
a carpool / be in a carpool / join a carpool
As a noun, a carpool is the arrangement or the group. The usual verbs are join, form, start and be in.
Noun के रूप में carpool व्यवस्था या समूह है; इसके साथ join, form, start और be in क्रियाएँ आती हैं।
- Several families formed a carpool to reduce traffic.
- Our carpool leaves at eight sharp.
carpool lane
In some countries a carpool lane is a road lane reserved for cars with two or more people.
कुछ देशों में carpool lane वह लेन है जो दो या अधिक सवारियों वाली गाड़ियों के लिए आरक्षित होती है।
- Cars with three passengers may use the carpool lane.
+Collocations 4
verb + carpool
joinformstartorganiseleavebe in
- Our neighbours organised a carpool for the school run.
carpool + noun
lanedrivergroupschedulerider
- The carpool schedule is fixed for the whole month.
carpool + adverb / purpose
to workto schoolto collegeevery dayon alternate days
- Four of us carpool to college on alternate days.
adjective + carpool
dailyschoolofficeregularweekly
- The school carpool saves parents a lot of time.
“More examples 5
- To save fuel, the three engineers carpool to the factory.
ईंधन बचाने के लिए तीनों इंजीनियर कारखाने तक एक गाड़ी में साझा यात्रा करते हैं।
- Radhika's mother takes the carpool on Mondays and Thursdays.
राधिका की माँ सोमवार और गुरुवार को carpool की गाड़ी चलाती है।
- The city encourages carpooling by giving a discount on parking.
शहर parking में छूट देकर carpool को प्रोत्साहित करता है।
- If more people carpooled, there would be less traffic and less pollution.
यदि अधिक लोग गाड़ी साझा करें, तो यातायात और प्रदूषण कम होंगे।
- The carpool was late because one of the members was stuck in a meeting.
Carpool में देरी हुई क्योंकि एक सदस्य meeting में फँस गया था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ We carpool to reach to the office.
✓ We carpool to reach the office.
'Reach' is transitive and takes no 'to'.
'Reach' सकर्मक क्रिया है, इसके बाद 'to' नहीं आता।
✗ He carpooled with I every day.
✓ He carpooled with me every day.
After a preposition the object form 'me' is used.
Preposition के बाद object रूप 'me' आता है, 'I' नहीं।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
car-share share a car
§Grammar and usage
British and American: carpool is used in both, but British English also uses car-share for the same idea.
British and American में carpool दोनों में चलता है, पर British English में इसी अर्थ के लिए car-share भी कहा जाता है।