democrat
/ˈdeməkræt/noun
उच्चारण डेमक्रैट
लोकतंत्रवादी, लोकतंत्र का समर्थक
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a person who believes in or supports democracy
लोकतंत्रवादी, लोकतंत्र का समर्थक
- Nehru was a committed democrat.
- A true democrat listens to people who disagree with him.
- Radhika is a democrat at heart and believes every voice should be heard.
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- Gandhi was a democrat who trusted ordinary people to decide their own future.
- A democrat would never silence the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Synonyms liberal republican populist
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[C] Democrat
a member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the US
(अमेरिका की) डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी का सदस्य
- The Democrats won the Senate.
- As a lifelong Democrat, he voted for the same party in every US election.
- The Democrats lost several seats in the midterm elections.
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- She has served as a Democrat in the state senate for twenty years.
- Many Democrats supported the new healthcare bill in Congress.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
a democrat (noun)
A democrat is a person who believes in democracy; the noun is countable and takes a or an.
'Democrat' वह व्यक्ति है जो लोकतंत्र में विश्वास रखता है; यह countable noun है और इसके साथ a या an आता है।
- Dr Ambedkar was a committed democrat.
- A true democrat accepts the voters' decision.
the Democrats / a Democrat (capital D)
With a capital D, it refers to the Democratic Party of the United States and its members.
बड़े D के साथ यह अमेरिका की Democratic Party और उसके सदस्यों को बताता है।
- She is a Democrat from California.
- The Democrats won the election in that state.
democrat / democracy / democratic
Democrat is a person, democracy is a system, and democratic is the adjective.
'Democrat' व्यक्ति है, 'democracy' व्यवस्था है और 'democratic' adjective है।
- India is the world's largest democracy.
- We have a democratic form of government.
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adjective + democrat
truecommittedliberalsociallifelong
- He remained a lifelong democrat.
Democrat + noun
senatorcandidatevoterconvention
- The Democrat candidate promised lower taxes.
verb + democrat
call oneselfvote forsupportelect
- Many young voters supported the Democrat.
democrat + of
a democrat at hearta democrat by naturea democrat of the old schoola convinced democrat
- Nehru was a democrat at heart.
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- A democrat believes that power should come from the people.
लोकतंत्रवादी मानता है कि शक्ति जनता से आनी चाहिए।
- Radhika's grandfather was a democrat who never missed an election.
राधिका के दादाजी एक लोकतंत्रवादी थे जिन्होंने कभी कोई चुनाव नहीं छोड़ा।
- The Democrat candidate lost by a few hundred votes.
Democrat उम्मीदवार कुछ सौ वोटों से हार गया।
- A true democrat listens even to those who disagree with him.
सच्चा लोकतंत्रवादी उनकी भी सुनता है जो उससे असहमत होते हैं।
- The two Democrats in the committee voted against the bill.
समिति के दोनों Democrats ने विधेयक के विरुद्ध मतदान किया।
- Radhika, a democrat by temperament, let every member speak at the meeting.
स्वभाव से लोकतांत्रिक राधिका ने बैठक में हर सदस्य को बोलने दिया।
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✗ India is a democrat country.
✓ India is a democratic country.
A noun cannot describe another noun here; use the adjective democratic.
यहाँ noun दूसरे noun का वर्णन नहीं कर सकता; adjective 'democratic' का प्रयोग करें।
✗ India is the largest democrat in the world.
✓ India is the largest democracy in the world.
A democrat is a person; a country is a democracy.
'Democrat' व्यक्ति होता है; देश 'democracy' होता है।
✗ He is a true democrate.
✓ He is a true democrat.
Spelling: democrat has no final e.
वर्तनी: 'democrat' के अंत में e नहीं आता।
◇Word family
AaSpelling
dem·o·crat
With -crat (not 'democrate').
अंत में -crat ('democrate' गलत है)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Government by the people is democracy; by one person with absolute power autocracy or dictatorship; by a few oligarchy; by the rich plutocracy; by priests theocracy; by officials bureaucracy.
जनता का शासन democracy; पूर्ण शक्ति वाले एक व्यक्ति का autocracy या dictatorship; कुछ लोगों का oligarchy; धनिकों का plutocracy; पुरोहितों का theocracy; अधिकारियों का bureaucracy।
General knowledge
Abraham Lincoln: 'government of the people, by the people, for the people'.
Abraham Lincoln ने लोकतंत्र की परिभाषा दी: 'government of the people, by the people, for the people', यानी जनता की, जनता के द्वारा और जनता के लिए सरकार।