doorstep
/ˈdɔːstep/noun
उच्चारण डॉर्स्टेप
दहलीज़
Basic word
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a step outside a door of a building, or the area that is very close to the door
दहलीज़
- services at your doorstep
- The milkman leaves two packets of milk on our doorstep every morning.
- A stray kitten was sitting on the doorstep.
+ 1 more example
- Online shopping brings the market to your doorstep.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
on the doorstep / at the doorstep
Use on the doorstep for the step itself, and at the doorstep when you mean at the entrance of the house.
वास्तविक सीढ़ी के लिए 'on the doorstep' और घर के प्रवेश पर होने के लिए 'at the doorstep' आता है।
- A newspaper was lying on the doorstep.
- The postman waited at the doorstep.
on your/the doorstep (idiom: very near)
Used for something very close to your home or to a place. It often describes places, events or opportunities.
घर या किसी स्थान के बहुत निकट की चीज़ के लिए प्रयुक्त; प्रायः स्थानों, घटनाओं या अवसरों का वर्णन करता है।
- The sea is right on our doorstep.
- Opportunities are on your doorstep; you only have to look.
deliver + sth + to sb's doorstep / doorstep delivery
This is used for goods or services brought right to your door.
यह उन वस्तुओं या सेवाओं के लिए है जो सीधे आपके दरवाज़े तक पहुँचाई जाती हैं।
- Fresh vegetables are delivered to your doorstep.
- The bank offers doorstep banking for senior citizens.
doorstep (verb, British informal)
To doorstep someone means to wait outside their house to question them, mostly said of reporters.
'To doorstep' का अर्थ किसी के घर के बाहर प्रश्न पूछने के लिए प्रतीक्षा करना है, मुख्यतः पत्रकारों के लिए।
- Reporters doorstepped the minister outside his house.
+Collocations 4
verb + to the doorstep
deliverbringleavesendcarry
- The courier left the package on the doorstep.
adjective + doorstep
frontwetstonemuddymarbleclean
- The marble doorstep was washed every morning.
doorstep + noun
deliverybankingsellingservicecollection
- Doorstep delivery saved the old man a long walk to the market.
right/on your doorstep
right on our doorstepon the doorstepat your doorstepon his doorstep
- The hills are right on our doorstep, so we walk there every Sunday.
“More examples 5
- Radhika found a basket of mangoes on her doorstep this morning.
राधिका को आज सुबह अपनी doorstep पर आमों की एक टोकरी मिली।
- War had reached the very doorstep of the border village.
युद्ध सीमावर्ती गाँव की बिल्कुल दहलीज़ तक पहुँच चुका था।
- Many students now get books at the doorstep through online stores.
आजकल कई विद्यार्थी online stores से किताबें अपनी doorstep पर पाते हैं।
- The old man sat on the doorstep and watched the rain.
बूढ़ा आदमी doorstep पर बैठकर बारिश देखता रहा।
- We have a good library right on our doorstep.
हमारे घर के बिल्कुल पास एक अच्छा पुस्तकालय है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The sweeper is sitting in the doorstep.
✓ The sweeper is sitting on the doorstep.
A doorstep is a surface to sit on, so use on.
Doorstep बैठने की सतह है, इसलिए 'on' आता है।
✗ The supermarket is in my doorstep.
✓ The supermarket is on my doorstep.
The idiom is on your doorstep, not in.
मुहावरा 'on your doorstep' है, 'in' नहीं।
¶Idioms 1
on your/the doorstep
very near to where you live or are staying
(किसी के) घर के बिल्कुल पास
- We have a lovely park on our doorstep.
- With the market on the doorstep, shopping is easy.
§Grammar and usage
Usage: on your doorstep (very near where you live: 'doorstep delivery').
प्रयोग में on your doorstep (घर के बिलकुल पास: 'doorstep delivery')।