documentary
/ˌdɒkjuˈmentri/noun
उच्चारण डॉक्युमेन्ट्री
वृत्तचित्र
Core word
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a film or a radio or TV programme giving facts about something
वृत्तचित्र
- a wildlife documentary
- We watched a documentary on the Ganga in our geography class.
- The documentary explains how the monsoon forms.
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- A documentary on tigers won the national award this year.
- He is making a documentary about street food in Delhi.
- Teachers often show a documentary to bring history to life.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a documentary (countable noun)
A documentary is a factual film or programme. The plural is documentaries.
'Documentary' तथ्यात्मक फ़िल्म या कार्यक्रम है। बहुवचन 'documentaries'।
- The documentary on tigers won an award.
- We watched three documentaries in class.
documentary on / about + subject
Use on or about with the subject; use of or by for the maker.
विषय के लिए 'on' या 'about' और निर्माता के लिए 'by' आता है।
- She made a documentary on the Ganga cleaning project.
- It is a documentary by a young film-maker.
documentary (adjective)
As an adjective it means based on documents or real facts: documentary evidence, a documentary film.
Adjective के रूप में इसका अर्थ दस्तावेज़ों या वास्तविक तथ्यों पर आधारित है: documentary evidence।
- The court asked for documentary evidence.
- A documentary record of the meeting was kept.
documentary + noun
It combines with film, series, maker, footage, crew and style.
यह film, series, maker, footage, crew और style के साथ जुड़ता है।
- The documentary film-maker interviewed farmers.
- The crew shot documentary footage in Kerala.
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adjective + documentary
wildlifeaward-winningshortfeature-lengthhistoricalnature
- A wildlife documentary introduced her to the Sundarbans.
verb + documentary
makewatchshootnarratescreenproduce
- The school screened a documentary on water saving.
documentary + noun
evidencefootagemakercrewseriesproof
- The lawyer produced documentary evidence in court.
documentary + on
on wildlifeon a festivalon a scientiston climate change
- A documentary on climate change moved the audience.
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- The documentary showed how silk is made in Varanasi.
Documentary में दिखाया गया कि वाराणसी में रेशम कैसे बनता है।
- Radhika watched a documentary about the Indian Navy.
राधिका ने भारतीय नौसेना पर एक documentary देखी।
- The court cannot accept a claim without documentary proof.
अदालत दस्तावेज़ी प्रमाण के बिना कोई दावा स्वीकार नहीं कर सकती।
- The documentary was shot over two years in a remote village.
यह documentary एक दूरदराज़ के गाँव में दो वर्षों में फ़िल्माई गई।
- He prefers documentaries to feature films.
उसे फ़ीचर फ़िल्मों की बजाय documentaries पसंद हैं।
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✗ I watched documentary on tigers last night.
✓ I watched a documentary on tigers last night.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
एकवचन गणनीय noun के साथ article चाहिए।
✗ A documentary are shown every Sunday.
✓ A documentary is shown every Sunday.
A single documentary takes the singular verb is.
एक documentary के साथ एकवचन verb 'is' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words describe factual programmes, but the form differs.
ये शब्द तथ्यात्मक कार्यक्रमों के हैं, पर उनका रूप अलग है।
A single factual film or programme.
एक अकेली तथ्यात्मक फ़िल्म या कार्यक्रम।
- A documentary on bees was shown.
A factual series with several episodes.
कई कड़ियों वाली तथ्यात्मक श्रृंखला।
- The docuseries follows a school for a year.
A short old film about current events shown in cinemas.
सिनेमाघरों में दिखाई जाने वाली चालू घटनाओं पर पुरानी छोटी फ़िल्म।
- The newsreel showed Independence Day.
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General knowledge
'The Elephant Whisperers' (2022) won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film.
'The Elephant Whisperers' (2022) ने सर्वश्रेष्ठ वृत्तचित्र लघु फ़िल्म का ऑस्कर जीता।