corridor
/ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)/noun
उच्चारण कॉरिडॉर
गलियारा
Core word
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a long narrow passage in a building, with doors that open into rooms on either side; a long narrow strip of land or route
गलियारा
- the Kartarpur Corridor
- an industrial corridor
- The students waited in the corridor outside the principal's office.
+ 2 more examples
- A long corridor links the ward to the operating theatre.
- Please do not run in the corridors.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a corridor (countable noun)
A corridor is a long narrow passage inside a building with rooms or compartments opening off it. It is countable.
Corridor इमारत के भीतर एक लंबा, तंग गलियारा है जिसके दोनों ओर कमरे या डिब्बे खुलते हैं; यह countable है।
- The classrooms are along a long corridor.
- A narrow corridor led to the exam hall.
in / along / down the corridor
Use in for the place, along or down for movement through it.
स्थान के लिए 'in' और उसमें चलने के लिए 'along' या 'down' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Students were waiting in the corridor.
- She walked down the corridor to the principal's office.
corridor (wider sense: a strip of land)
Corridor also means a strip of land or route linking places, such as an industrial corridor or a wildlife corridor.
'Corridor' दो स्थानों को जोड़ने वाली भूमि की पट्टी या मार्ग भी है, जैसे industrial corridor या wildlife corridor।
- The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor will connect several states.
- Elephants use a wildlife corridor to cross the highway.
corridors of power
The corridors of power is a fixed phrase for the places where important political decisions are made.
'The corridors of power' उन स्थानों के लिए स्थायी वाक्यांश है जहाँ महत्वपूर्ण राजनीतिक निर्णय लिए जाते हैं।
- Journalists wait outside the corridors of power for news.
+Collocations 4
adjective + corridor
longnarrowdarkcrowdedemptyechoing
- The dark corridor frightened the new students.
verb + corridor
walk alongrun downwait incrossclear
- Students were told not to run in the corridor.
corridor + noun
gossiptalkwalllighttrainfloor
- The corridor light flickered during the storm.
type of corridor
industrial corridorwildlife corridortransport corridorair corridorgreen corridor
- A green corridor was created to carry the donated organ to the hospital in time.
“More examples 6
- The corridor outside the examination hall was silent.
परीक्षा-कक्ष के बाहर का गलियारा शांत था।
- Radhika met her teacher in the corridor after the lecture.
व्याख्यान के बाद राधिका अपने अध्यापक से गलियारे में मिली।
- Passengers walked along the narrow corridor of the train to find their seats.
यात्री अपनी सीटें खोजने के लिए रेल के तंग गलियारे में चल रहे थे।
- The hospital corridor smelled of medicine and floor cleaner.
अस्पताल के गलियारे से दवाइयों और फ़र्श साफ़ करने वाले द्रव की गंध आ रही थी।
- The government plans a new freight corridor between two ports.
सरकार दो बंदरगाहों के बीच एक नया माल-परिवहन corridor बनाने की योजना बना रही है।
- The two students whispered in the corridor before the result was announced.
परिणाम घोषित होने से पहले दोनों विद्यार्थी गलियारे में फुसफुसा रहे थे।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The principal's office is at the end of corridor.
✓ The principal's office is at the end of the corridor.
A specific known corridor needs the definite article the.
किसी जाने-पहचाने विशेष गलियारे के लिए definite article 'the' आवश्यक है।
✗ We were standing at the corridor.
✓ We were standing in the corridor.
Standing inside the passage takes the preposition in.
गलियारे के भीतर खड़े होने के लिए preposition 'in' आता है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Corridors of power (places where important decisions are made); GK: the Siliguri Corridor (Chicken's Neck) links the north-east to the rest of India.
Collocation 'corridors of power' (जहाँ महत्वपूर्ण निर्णय होते हैं, सत्ता के गलियारे); GK में सिलीगुड़ी कॉरिडोर (Chicken's Neck) पूर्वोत्तर को शेष भारत से जोड़ता है।