dense
/dens/adjective
उच्चारण डेन्स
घना, सघन, ठसाठस भरा
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as antonym
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containing a lot of people, things or plants close together
घना, सघन, ठसाठस भरा
- a dense forest where the sun never reaches the ground
- Mumbai is one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
- The dense jungle made it hard to walk more than a few steps.
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- Delhi is a dense city with narrow lanes and tall buildings.
- A dense crowd gathered outside the stadium.
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(of fog, smoke or cloud) thick and difficult to see through
घना, गहरा (कोहरा, धुआँ)
- Dense fog delayed forty trains at Delhi.
- Dense smoke from the fire covered the whole neighbourhood.
- Dense fog covered the highway this morning.
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- A dense cloud of smoke rose from the burning field.
- Drive slowly in dense mist to avoid accidents.
Synonyms thick heavy impenetrable
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difficult to understand because it contains a lot of information
(लेख) गूढ़, घना, जिसमें बहुत जानकारी ठूँसी हो
- The textbook is too dense for first-year students.
- The judge's report was so dense that few people finished reading it.
- The author's prose is so dense that I had to read it twice.
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- The chapter is dense with facts, so take notes as you read.
- It was a dense legal document of two hundred pages.
Synonyms heavy complex impenetrable
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informal
stupid; slow to understand
(बोलचाल में) मंदबुद्धि, कुंद दिमाग
- He is not dense; he just was not listening.
- I felt dense when everyone else understood the joke at once.
- Am I being dense, or did he really say the exam was cancelled?
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- Don't be so dense; the answer is right there in the passage.
- She felt dense for missing such an obvious clue.
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physics
heavy in relation to its size
(भौतिकी में) सघन, अधिक घनत्व वाला
- Gold is denser than iron.
- Lead is a dense metal, so a small piece feels very heavy.
- Iron is a dense metal, much heavier than aluminium.
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- A dense wood like teak sinks in water.
- The planet's core is extremely dense.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
dense + noun (crowd, forest, fog)
Dense describes things packed closely together, such as dense forest, a dense crowd or dense fog.
'Dense' पास-पास ठसाठस भरी चीज़ों को बताता है, जैसे घना जंगल, घनी भीड़ या घना कोहरा।
- Dense fog delayed the trains.
- The jungle was dense with bamboo.
densely populated / populated densely
Densely is used with populated, wooded or packed: a densely populated state.
'Densely' का प्रयोग populated, wooded या packed के साथ होता है।
- Bihar is a densely populated state.
dense (hard to understand; slow)
A dense text is heavy to read, and calling a person dense is informal and rude for slow-witted.
'Dense' पाठ कठिन और भारी होता है; किसी व्यक्ति को 'dense' कहना अनौपचारिक और अशिष्ट है।
- The report was too dense to read quickly.
density / population density
The noun density measures how closely things are packed, for example the population density per square kilometre.
संज्ञा 'density' बताती है कि चीज़ें कितनी पास-पास हैं, जैसे प्रति वर्ग किलोमीटर जनसंख्या घनत्व।
- The density of population in Kerala is high.
dense vs thick
Thick is used for width, soup and cloth; dense is used for packed together or hard to see through.
'Thick' चौड़ाई, सूप और कपड़े के लिए आता है; 'dense' पास-पास ठसा हुआ या आर-पार न दिखने वाली चीज़ के लिए आता है।
- thick soup but dense fog
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dense + noun
fogforestsmokecrowdtraffic
- Dense smoke covered the city after Diwali.
adverb + dense
veryextremelytoofairlyincredibly
- The text is too dense for beginners.
densely + adjective
populatedpackedwoodedcrowdedbuilt
- Dharavi is a densely packed area.
density + of
of populationof trafficof the metalof cloud
- Lead has a high density.
“More examples 6
- Dense fog reduced visibility to ten metres on the expressway.
घने कोहरे ने एक्सप्रेसवे पर दृश्यता दस मीटर तक घटा दी।
- The village is surrounded by dense forest.
गाँव घने जंगल से घिरा है।
- Radhika found the legal chapter too dense to understand in one reading.
राधिका को क़ानूनी अध्याय एक बार पढ़कर समझने के लिए बहुत जटिल लगा।
- Mumbai is among the most densely populated cities.
मुंबई सबसे घनी आबादी वाले शहरों में से एक है।
- Don't be so dense; he was joking.
इतने मंदबुद्धि मत बनो; वह मज़ाक कर रहा था।
- A dense crowd gathered outside the stadium gate.
स्टेडियम के गेट के बाहर घनी भीड़ जमा थी।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Delhi is a dense populated city.
✓ Delhi is a densely populated city.
An adverb, densely, must modify the adjective populated.
Adjective 'populated' को विशेषित करने के लिए adverb 'densely' चाहिए।
✗ The density fog caused accidents.
✓ The dense fog caused accidents.
The adjective needed before fog is dense.
'Fog' से पहले adjective 'dense' चाहिए।
✗ The population dense of Delhi is high.
✓ The population density of Delhi is high.
The noun is density, and it follows population.
संज्ञा 'density' है और वह 'population' के बाद आती है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
Dense, with -nse (like sense and tense; not 'dence'); the noun density.
Dense, -nse के साथ (sense और tense की तरह; 'dence' गलत है); noun density।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Density of population (persons per square kilometre; Bihar has the highest among states); water is densest at four degrees Celsius.
जनसंख्या घनत्व (प्रति वर्ग किलोमीटर व्यक्ति; राज्यों में बिहार सबसे अधिक); पानी चार डिग्री सेल्सियस पर सबसे सघन है।