death
/deθ/noun
उच्चारण डेथ
मृत्यु, मौत; अंत
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the fact of somebody dying or being killed; the end of life; the permanent end of something
मृत्यु, मौत; अंत
- the death of Gandhi
- the death of a tradition
- The sudden death of the old teacher saddened the whole neighbourhood.
+ 3 more examples
- Heavy rain caused the death of many crops in the district.
- Smoking is a leading cause of death among adults.
- The newspaper reported the death of a famous cricketer.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
death (uncountable and countable)
Death is uncountable when it means the state, and countable when it means individual deaths, as in the deaths of two soldiers.
Death जब स्थिति हो तब अगणनीय है; और जब अलग-अलग मौतें हों तब गणनीय, जैसे the deaths of two soldiers।
- Death comes to everyone.
- Three deaths were reported in the floods.
death + of + person / thing
Use of after death to say who or what has died or ended.
कौन या क्या मरा या समाप्त हुआ, यह बताने के लिए death के बाद 'of' आता है।
- The death of her father left her alone.
- The death of the small shop is sad.
death from / by / of + cause
Use death from for the cause such as a disease, and by for the method such as hanging; of is also common with disease.
रोग जैसे कारण के लिए 'death from' और फाँसी जैसे तरीके के लिए 'by' आता है; रोग के साथ 'of' भी चलता है।
- Death from snakebite is common in some villages.
- He died of heart failure.
at / near / to death
Use at death for the moment, near death for close to dying, and to death with verbs such as bore or frighten.
क्षण के लिए 'at death', मरने के क़रीब के लिए 'near death' और bore या frighten जैसी क्रियाओं के साथ 'to death' आता है।
- He was close to death when they reached the hospital.
- The film bored us to death.
+Collocations 4
adjective + death
suddenprematurenaturaluntimelyaccidental
- The sudden death of the leader shocked the nation.
verb + death
causemournfaceavoidannounce
- The village mourned the death of its teacher.
death + noun
tollsentencecertificateratepenalty
- The death toll in the cyclone rose to forty.
cause + death
heart attackaccidentdiseasehungerold age
- The doctor said old age was the cause of death.
“More examples 5
- The cyclone caused many deaths along the coast.
चक्रवात से तट पर अनेक मौतें हुईं।
- His sudden death was a shock to the whole college.
उनकी आकस्मिक मृत्यु से पूरा कॉलेज स्तब्ध रह गया।
- Doctors fought to save the child from death.
डॉक्टरों ने बच्चे को मौत से बचाने के लिए संघर्ष किया।
- The government issued the death certificate within a week.
सरकार ने एक सप्ताह के भीतर मृत्यु प्रमाणपत्र जारी कर दिया।
- The speaker was sick to death of the same questions.
वक्ता उन्हीं प्रश्नों से बुरी तरह तंग आ चुका था।
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✗ He died by malaria.
✓ He died of malaria.
Use of or from for the disease that causes death, not by.
मृत्यु का कारण रोग हो तो 'of' या 'from' आता है, 'by' नहीं।
✗ The death of the soldiers were mourned.
✓ The death of the soldiers was mourned.
The subject is the singular noun death, so the verb is singular.
Subject एकवचन संज्ञा 'death' है, इसलिए verb एकवचन होगी।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These nouns all mean the end of life, but they differ in formality and tone.
ये nouns जीवन के अंत का अर्थ देते हैं, पर formality और स्वर में अंतर है।
A formal word for death, also the end of an organisation.
मृत्यु के लिए औपचारिक शब्द; किसी संस्था के अंत के लिए भी।
- The demise of the old mill.
A gentle, polite word that avoids saying death directly.
कोमल, विनम्र शब्द जो सीधे death कहने से बचाता है।
- We mourn his passing.
¶Idioms 6
bored, scared, sick, etc. to death
extremely bored, frightened or tired of sth
बेहद ऊबा/डरा/परेशान
- I'm bored to death with this lecture.
- She was scared to death of the exam.
sick to death of sb/sth
(informal) extremely bored with or annoyed about sb/sth
(किसी चीज़ से) बुरी तरह तंग आ जाना
- I'm sick to death of your excuses.
- We're sick to death of the traffic.
be the death of sb
(often humorous) to make sb very worried or upset
किसी की जान लेकर रहना, बहुत परेशान करना
- That boy will be the death of me!
- These stairs will be the death of me.
do sth to death
to do or perform sth so often that people become tired of seeing or hearing it
किसी चीज़ को इतना दोहराना कि सब ऊब जाएँ
- That topic has been done to death in the media.
- This joke has been done to death.
dice with death
to do sth that is very dangerous and risky
मौत से खेलना
- Drivers who speed on hill roads are dicing with death.
- Climbing without ropes is dicing with death.
fight to the death
to fight until one person or group is killed or defeated
मरते दम तक लड़ना
- The soldiers fought to the death.
- The two companies are fighting to the death for the market.
§Grammar and usage
Polite words: passing, demise (formal).
शिष्ट शब्द: passing, demise (औपचारिक, निधन)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A matter of life and death (extremely important), be bored, scared or worried to death (be extremely bored, scared or worried), at death's door (very ill and close to dying), sound the death knell (signal the end of something), fight to the death, like death warmed up (very ill), sick to death of (extremely tired of).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: a matter of life and death (अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण, जीवन-मरण का प्रश्न), be bored, scared या worried to death (अत्यधिक ऊबना, डरना या चिंतित होना), at death's door (बहुत बीमार और मृत्यु के निकट), sound the death knell (किसी चीज़ के अंत का संकेत), fight to the death (मरते दम तक लड़ना), like death warmed up (बहुत बीमार), sick to death of (किसी चीज़ से बुरी तरह तंग)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A death certificate; the examination of a dead body is a post-mortem; a death caused by an accident or violence a fatality; a ceremony after death a funeral; a written account of a dead person's life an obituary; a sentence of death capital punishment.
Death certificate (मृत्यु प्रमाण-पत्र); मृत शरीर की जाँच post-mortem; दुर्घटना या हिंसा से मृत्यु fatality; मृत्यु के बाद का संस्कार funeral; दिवंगत के जीवन का लिखित विवरण obituary (श्रद्धांजलि लेख); मृत्युदंड capital punishment।