domino
/ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/noun
उच्चारण डॉमिनो
डोमिनो (बिंदुओं वाला खेल का छोटा चपटा टुकड़ा)
Core word
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[C]
a small flat block, usually made of wood or plastic, with a different number of spots on each half of one side, used for playing games
डोमिनो (बिंदुओं वाला खेल का छोटा चपटा टुकड़ा)
- The children stood the dominoes in a long line and knocked them over.
- He picked the double-six domino and placed it on the table.
- Radhika put the last domino in its place and smiled.
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- Each domino has a line in the middle and dots on both halves.
- He carefully built a tower from a box of dominoes.
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[dominoes, U]
a game played with a set of dominoes
डोमिनो का खेल
- The old men were playing dominoes in the park.
- On rainy evenings, the grandfather and his friends play dominoes on the veranda.
- Do you know how to play domino?
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- We played dominoes for hours during the power cut.
- Domino is a popular pastime in many small-town clubs.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
domino (singular) and dominoes (plural)
One tile is a domino; the plural is dominoes with -es. The game is normally called dominoes and takes a singular verb.
एक टुकड़े के लिए 'domino' और बहुवचन में 'dominoes' (-es के साथ) आता है। खेल के नाम 'dominoes' के साथ singular verb आती है।
- Dominoes is a popular game on rainy afternoons.
- He set up a thousand dominoes in a long line.
play + dominoes
Games take play with no article, so say play dominoes, not play the dominoes, when you mean the game.
खेल के लिए 'play' के बाद article नहीं लगता, इसलिए खेल के अर्थ में 'play dominoes' लिखें।
- The old men play dominoes under the banyan tree every evening.
the domino effect
A chain of events in which one event causes the next, like falling dominoes. The article the is always used.
घटनाओं की ऐसी शृंखला जिसमें एक घटना अगली को जन्म देती है, जैसे गिरते हुए dominoes। इसमें article 'the' हमेशा आता है।
- The closure of one bank had a domino effect on the whole sector.
domino + noun (attributive use)
Domino can act like an adjective before another noun, for example domino theory or domino run.
'Domino' किसी दूसरे noun से पहले विशेषण की तरह प्रयुक्त हो सकता है, जैसे domino theory।
- The domino theory was an idea about how political change could spread from one country to another.
+Collocations 4
verb + dominoes
playset upline upknock downshuffle
- The children lined up the dominoes and watched them fall one by one.
domino + noun
effecttheorytilegamerun
- The domino effect of the strike was felt in many cities.
adjective + domino
firstlastfallingwoodendouble-six
- The first domino fell, and the rest followed quickly.
set of + dominoes
a set ofa box ofa row ofa chain of
- Grandfather kept a box of dominoes in the drawer.
“More examples 5
- My grandfather taught me to play dominoes during the summer holidays.
मेरे दादाजी ने मुझे गर्मी की छुट्टियों में dominoes खेलना सिखाया।
- One poor harvest can be the first domino in a chain of price rises.
एक खराब फसल कीमतों में वृद्धि की शृंखला का पहला domino बन सकती है।
- Radhika placed the last domino with a smile and won the game.
राधिका ने मुस्कुराकर आखिरी domino रखा और खेल जीत लिया।
- The students built a long domino track for the science exhibition.
विद्यार्थियों ने विज्ञान प्रदर्शनी के लिए dominoes का लंबा रास्ता बनाया।
- Economists warn that the fall of one bank could set off a domino effect.
अर्थशास्त्री चेतावनी देते हैं कि एक बैंक का पतन domino effect शुरू कर सकता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Dominoes are my favourite game.
✓ Dominoes is my favourite game.
The name of the game is treated as singular and takes a singular verb.
खेल का नाम singular माना जाता है और उसके साथ singular verb आती है।
✗ The closure had a domino effect in the whole sector.
✓ The closure had a domino effect on the whole sector.
Effect takes on for the thing that is affected.
प्रभावित वस्तु के लिए 'effect' के बाद 'on' आता है।
✗ They are playing the dominoes in the courtyard.
✓ They are playing dominoes in the courtyard.
Do not use the before the name of a game.
खेल के नाम से पहले 'the' नहीं लगता।
¶Idioms 1
the domino effect
a situation in which one event causes a series of similar events to happen one after another
एक घटना से एक के बाद एक घटनाओं का सिलसिला, डोमिनो प्रभाव
- The closure of one bank had a domino effect on the whole financial system.
- Experts fear a domino effect if one company fails.
§Grammar and usage
Plural: dominoes, not 'dominos'.
इसका plural dominoes होता है, 'dominos' नहीं।
Dominoes, meaning the game, takes a singular verb, as in 'Dominoes is an easy game'.
खेल के अर्थ में dominoes के साथ singular verb आता है, जैसे 'Dominoes is an easy game'।