city
/ˈsɪti/noun
उच्चारण सिटी
शहर, नगर
Basic word
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a large and important town; all the people who live in a city
शहर, नगर
- Delhi is a big city.
- Mumbai is the biggest city in the country.
- She moved to the city to find a job.
+ 2 more examples
- The whole city celebrated when the team won the cup.
- Air pollution is a serious problem in many cities.
Synonyms town metropolis municipality urban area megacity
Opposite village countryside hamlet
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
the city of + name
Use the city of before a name when you want to stress that it is a city, usually in formal writing.
जब नाम के साथ यह ज़ोर देना हो कि वह शहर है, तब formal लेखन में 'the city of' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The city of Jaipur is known as the Pink City.
- She was born in the city of Lucknow.
in / to / from + city (prepositions)
Use in for being inside a city, to for movement towards it and from for the starting point.
शहर के भीतर होने के लिए in, उसकी ओर जाने के लिए to और शुरुआत-स्थान के लिए from का प्रयोग होता है।
- Radhika lives in a big city.
- Thousands of villagers move to the city every year.
city as a modifier
City is often placed before another noun to mean something belonging to a city.
City प्रायः दूसरे noun से पहले आकर शहर से संबंधित वस्तु का अर्थ देता है।
- The city centre is crowded on festival days.
- The city council repaired the main road.
the city (meaning its people or authorities)
The city can stand for all the people or the officials of a city.
'The city' शहर के सभी लोगों या अधिकारियों के लिए भी प्रयुक्त हो सकता है।
- The whole city celebrated the cricket victory.
- The city has promised to clean the river.
+Collocations 4
adjective + city
bigcapitalhistoricwalledindustrialcoastal
- Hyderabad is a historic city famous for its Charminar.
city + noun
centrecouncillifelimitsbustraffic
- City life is fast, noisy and expensive.
verb + city
visitleavereachtourgovernmove to
- We reached the city before sunset.
inner / twin / sister + city
inner citytwin citysister citymega city
- Hyderabad and Secunderabad are known as twin cities.
“More examples 5
- Mumbai is the financial capital and the largest city of India.
मुंबई भारत की आर्थिक राजधानी और सबसे बड़ा शहर है।
- Radhika moved to the city to prepare for the SSC exam.
राधिका SSC परीक्षा की तैयारी के लिए शहर आ गई।
- The whole city was without electricity during the storm.
तूफ़ान के दौरान पूरे शहर में बिजली नहीं थी।
- Varanasi is one of the oldest living cities in the world.
वाराणसी दुनिया के सबसे पुराने जीवित शहरों में से एक है।
- The city library stays open until nine in the evening.
शहर का पुस्तकालय शाम नौ बजे तक खुला रहता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I am living in the city since 2019.
✓ I have been living in the city since 2019.
Since with a continuing situation needs the present perfect continuous.
'Since' के साथ चल रही स्थिति के लिए present perfect continuous आता है।
✗ He went in the city yesterday.
✓ He went to the city yesterday.
Movement towards a place takes to, not in.
किसी स्थान की ओर गति के लिए 'to' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
✗ Delhi is one of the largest city in India.
✓ Delhi is one of the largest cities in India.
One of the is followed by a plural noun.
'One of the' के बाद plural noun आता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the city words: urban (of a city), metropolitan, civic (of a city or its people: 'civic sense'), municipal.
शहर के शब्द याद रखिए: urban (शहरी), metropolitan (महानगरीय), civic (शहर या उसके लोगों का: 'civic sense', नागरिक समझ), municipal (नगरपालिका का)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
GK, asked very often (city nicknames): Jaipur is the Pink City; Jodhpur the Blue City; Udaipur the City of Lakes; Kolkata the City of Joy; Bengaluru the Silicon Valley of India (also the Garden City); Mumbai the City of Dreams; Hyderabad the City of Pearls; Varanasi the oldest living city; Chandigarh was planned by Le Corbusier.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (शहरों के उपनाम): जयपुर गुलाबी शहर; जोधपुर नीला शहर; उदयपुर झीलों का शहर; कोलकाता आनंद का शहर (City of Joy); बेंगलुरु भारत की सिलिकॉन वैली (उद्यान नगरी भी); मुंबई सपनों का शहर; हैदराबाद मोतियों का शहर; वाराणसी सबसे प्राचीन जीवित नगर; चंडीगढ़ की योजना Le Corbusier ने बनाई।