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docuseries

/ˈdɒkjuˌsɪəriːz/noun

उच्चारण डॉक्युसिअरीज़

डॉक्यूसीरीज़ (वास्तविक घटनाओं या विषयों पर आधारित कई भागों की श्रृंखला)

Core word

noun
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    a television or online series of several programmes that give facts about real people, events or subjects

    डॉक्यूसीरीज़ (वास्तविक घटनाओं या विषयों पर आधारित कई भागों की श्रृंखला)

    • The docuseries on Indian railways has six episodes.
    • Radhika watched a docuseries about wildlife in the Western Ghats.
    • The channel will release a new docuseries on the freedom struggle.
    + 3 more examples
    • The docuseries follows a group of doctors in rural hospitals.
    • Each episode of the docuseries looks at a different festival.
    • A new docuseries about cricket is available on the streaming app.

    Synonyms documentary series

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

a docuseries (countable noun)

A docuseries is a documentary made in several episodes. The plural is the same: one docuseries, two docuseries.

'Docuseries' कई कड़ियों में बनी documentary है। इसका बहुवचन वही रहता है: one docuseries, two docuseries।

  • The docuseries about the Ganga has six episodes.
  • Streaming services produce many docuseries.

docuseries on / about

Use on or about with the subject of the series.

श्रृंखला के विषय के लिए 'on' या 'about' आता है।

  • She watched a docuseries on the Indian railways.
  • A docuseries about cricket became popular.

in a docuseries / episode of a docuseries

Use in to say it appears there, and episode of for a part.

वहाँ उपस्थिति के लिए 'in' और एक कड़ी के लिए 'episode of' आता है।

  • The chef appeared in the docuseries.
  • The second episode of the docuseries was the best.

docuseries vs documentary series

Docuseries is the modern short form of documentary series, and both are correct.

'Docuseries' अब 'documentary series' का आधुनिक संक्षिप्त रूप है, और दोनों सही हैं।

  • The documentary series won a prize, and the docuseries is now on TV.

docuseries + verb forms

The word looks plural because of the s, but it is singular, so say 'a docuseries is' and 'the docuseries has'.

शब्द में s होने से वह बहुवचन लगता है, पर वह एकवचन है, इसलिए 'a docuseries is' और 'the docuseries has' कहें।

  • This docuseries is very popular.
  • The docuseries has won two prizes.
+Collocations 5

adjective + docuseries

true-crimenaturesportsacclaimedeight-partstreaming

  • The eight-part docuseries explored life in the mountains.

verb + docuseries

watchstreamproducereleasenarratebinge

  • She binged a docuseries over the weekend.

docuseries + noun

episodeseasondirectorcrewnarrator

  • The docuseries narrator has a calm voice.

docuseries on subject

on wildlifeon foodon spaceon a sports team

  • A docuseries on food showed street markets in Delhi.

docuseries + season

first seasonfinal seasonnew seasonlimited series

  • The final season of the docuseries aired in March.
“More examples 5
  • The new docuseries follows a year in a village school.

नई docuseries एक गाँव के विद्यालय के एक वर्ष को दिखाती है।

  • Each episode of the docuseries lasts forty minutes.

Docuseries की हर कड़ी चालीस मिनट की होती है।

  • Radhika watched a docuseries on the history of the Indian space programme.

राधिका ने भारतीय अंतरिक्ष कार्यक्रम के इतिहास पर एक docuseries देखी।

  • The docuseries was filmed over three years.

Docuseries तीन वर्षों में फ़िल्माई गई।

  • A docuseries can explain a topic in more depth than a single film.

एक docuseries किसी विषय को एकल फ़िल्म से अधिक गहराई से समझा सकती है।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ Each episode of the docuseries are forty minutes long.

✓ Each episode of the docuseries is forty minutes long.

Each episode takes a singular verb.

'Each episode' के साथ एकवचन verb आता है।

✗ We watched the docuseries in yesterday.

✓ We watched the docuseries yesterday.

Yesterday is an adverb of time and takes no preposition.

'Yesterday' समय का adverb है और इसके साथ preposition नहीं आता।

◇Word family
AaSpelling

doc·u·se·ries

§Grammar and usage

Plural: the plural of docuseries is also docuseries.

Plural: docuseries का plural भी docuseries ही होता है।