donor
/ˈdəʊnə(r)/noun
उच्चारण डोनर
दाता, दानदाता
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Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C]
a person or an organization that gives money, food or clothes to help people
दाता, दानदाता
- An anonymous donor gave ten lakh rupees to the school.
- A generous donor paid for the new science laboratory in the village school.
- The temple trust thanked every donor for helping the flood victims.
+ 2 more examples
- Donors gave generously to the school's new library.
- The college invited a former student, now a major donor, as chief guest.
Synonyms giver benefactor contributor patron sponsor
Opposite recipient beneficiary receiver
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[C]
a person who gives blood or a part of their body to be used by doctors in medical treatment
(रक्त, अंग का) दाता
- a blood donor
- an organ donor
- The hospital urgently needs a donor with blood group O negative.
+ 2 more examples
- He waited three years for a kidney donor.
- Every donor must pass a health check before giving blood.
Synonyms giver
Opposite recipient
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a donor of + noun / noun + donor
A donor gives blood, an organ or money; the common compound puts the noun first, as in blood donor.
'Donor' रक्त, अंग या धन देता है; सामान्य compound में noun पहले आता है, जैसे blood donor।
- Radhika is a regular blood donor.
- The hospital needs a kidney donor.
donor to + sth
Use to for the cause or organisation that receives the gift.
उपहार पाने वाले उद्देश्य या संस्था के लिए to आता है।
- He is a generous donor to the village school.
donor / donate
Donor is a person; the verb is donate, with donated in the past.
'Donor' व्यक्ति है; verb 'donate' है, जिसका past 'donated' होता है।
- She donated her old books to the library.
- The donors were thanked at the ceremony.
donor + country / agency / institution
Donor is also used for countries and organisations that give money or aid to others.
'Donor' उन देशों और संस्थाओं के लिए भी प्रयुक्त होता है जो दूसरों को धन या सहायता देते हैं।
- Several donor countries pledged money for flood relief.
+Collocations 4
noun + donor
bloodorgankidneyeyesperm
- An eye donor can give sight to two people.
adjective + donor
generousanonymousmajorregularliving
- An anonymous donor paid the fees of fifty children.
donor + noun
agencycardlistcountryorgan
- He carries a donor card in his wallet.
donor + verb
donatepledgegive generouslycontributecome forward
- Many donors came forward to help the flood victims.
“More examples 6
- An anonymous donor gave ten lakh rupees for the new library.
एक अज्ञात दानदाता ने नए पुस्तकालय के लिए दस लाख रुपये दिए।
- Her brother was a match and became her kidney donor.
उसका भाई मेल खा गया और उसका गुर्दा-दाता बना।
- Blood donors were invited to the camp on Sunday.
रविवार को रक्तदाताओं को शिविर में आमंत्रित किया गया।
- The trust thanked all its donors with a small function.
ट्रस्ट ने अपने सभी दानदाताओं को एक छोटे समारोह में धन्यवाद दिया।
- Rich countries are the main donors of foreign aid.
विदेशी सहायता के मुख्य दाता अमीर देश हैं।
- She registered as an organ donor at the age of eighteen.
उसने अठारह वर्ष की आयु में अंगदाता के रूप में पंजीकरण कराया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ She donated the hospital ten thousand rupees.
✓ She donated ten thousand rupees to the hospital.
Donate takes the gift as its object and the receiver after to.
'Donate' के बाद उपहार object होता है और पाने वाला to के साथ आता है।
✗ She is a kind donar.
✓ She is a kind donor.
Spelling: donor ends in -or.
वर्तनी: 'donor' का अंत -or से होता है।
✗ He donored five thousand rupees to the temple.
✓ He donated five thousand rupees to the temple.
The verb is donate, so the past is donated.
Verb 'donate' है, इसलिए past 'donated' होता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
do·nor
With -nor (not 'doner' or 'donar').
अंत में -nor ('doner' या 'donar' गलत है)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who gives money is a donor or benefactor; one who receives it a recipient or beneficiary; a person who gives blood regularly a blood donor; a person whose blood can be given to all groups a universal donor (blood group O negative).
पैसा देने वाला donor या benefactor; पाने वाला recipient या beneficiary; नियमित रक्तदाता blood donor; जिसका रक्त सभी समूहों को दिया जा सके universal donor (O negative)।
General knowledge
National Voluntary Blood Donation Day, 1 October; National Organ Donation Day, 27 November.
राष्ट्रीय स्वैच्छिक रक्तदान दिवस, 1 अक्टूबर; राष्ट्रीय अंगदान दिवस, 27 नवंबर।