down
/daʊn/adverb, preposition
उच्चारण डाउन
नीचे; कम; लिखित
Basic wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as idiom, phrasal verb
- 1
to or at a lower place or position; to a lower level, amount; from standing to sitting or lying; along; written on paper; (of a computer) not working
नीचे; कम; लिखित
- Sit down.
- Prices came down.
- Write it down.
+ 6 more examples
- The server is down.
- Please sit down and open your books.
- The temperature has gone down since last week.
- Let me write down your phone number.
- He ran down the stairs.
- The website was down all morning.
Synonyms downward below lower beneath
Opposite up
- 1
informal
sad or depressed
उदास
- She is feeling down.
- The team felt down after the surprising loss in the semi-final.
- Radhika felt down after she missed the train.
+ 2 more examples
- He was down for several days after his failure in the test.
- Don't feel down; you'll do better next time.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
down + noun (preposition)
As a preposition, down shows movement or position along a lower path, with the noun directly after it.
Preposition के रूप में 'down' नीचे की ओर गति या स्थिति बताता है, और noun सीधे उसके बाद आता है।
- Radhika ran down the stairs.
- The shop is just down the road.
verb + down (adverb)
As an adverb, down follows verbs such as sit, write, calm and turn, and often gives a new meaning.
Adverb के रूप में 'down' sit, write, calm, turn जैसी क्रियाओं के बाद आता है और प्रायः नया अर्थ देता है।
- Please sit down and write down the address.
- Prices have come down this month.
be / feel down (adjective)
Informally, down means sad; down with a disease means ill.
अनौपचारिक रूप में 'down' का अर्थ उदास है; किसी रोग के साथ 'down with' का अर्थ बीमार है।
- He felt down after the result.
- She is down with fever and cannot come.
down to + sb / sth
Down to can mean the responsibility of someone, or as small as a detail.
'Down to' का अर्थ किसी की ज़िम्मेदारी हो सकता है, या छोटे ब्योरे तक।
- It is down to you to finish the project.
- The officer checked every file down to the last page.
down + to + place
Down can show movement to a place in the south or away from a centre, with to if the destination is named.
Down दक्षिण की ओर या केंद्र से दूर किसी स्थान तक गति बता सकता है, और गंतव्य का नाम होने पर to आता है।
- We are going down to Chennai for the holidays.
+Collocations 5
verb + down
sitwriteslowcalmbreak
- Please slow down near the school.
down + noun
paymenttownsideturntime
- He made a down payment on the scooter.
noun + down
shutbreakmeltcountlet
- The countdown to the launch has begun.
phrases
down the draindown to earthdown and outupside down
- Her teacher is very down to earth.
go / come / get + down
go downcome downget downlet downput down
- Please don't let down the team.
“More examples 6
- The sun went down behind the hills.
सूरज पहाड़ियों के पीछे डूब गया।
- Radhika wrote down the formula so that she would not forget.
राधिका ने सूत्र लिख लिया ताकि वह भूल न जाए।
- The price of onions has come down.
प्याज़ की कीमत घट गई है।
- Our internet is down again.
हमारा इंटरनेट फिर बंद है।
- The old man walked slowly down the lane to the temple.
बूढ़ा आदमी धीरे-धीरे गली से होकर मंदिर तक गया।
- Radhika turned down the offer because the salary was too low.
वेतन बहुत कम होने के कारण राधिका ने प्रस्ताव ठुकरा दिया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The teacher asked him to write down it.
✓ The teacher asked him to write it down.
A pronoun object goes between the verb and the particle.
Pronoun object verb और particle के बीच आता है।
✗ She sat down at the floor.
✓ She sat down on the floor.
Sit on the floor, not at.
फ़र्श पर बैठने के लिए 'on the floor' आता है, at नहीं।
✗ I am down for fever.
✓ I am down with fever.
The phrase is down with an illness.
बीमारी के साथ वाक्यांश 'down with' है।
¶Idioms 3
down and out
without money, a home or a job, and living on the streets
(बिना पैसे, घर या नौकरी के) बदहाल; दर-दर की ठोकरें खाता हुआ
- He was down and out in the city for months.
- The charity helps people who are down and out.
be down to sb
to be the responsibility of sb (British, informal)
(कोई बात) किसी की ज़िम्मेदारी होना
- It's down to you to make the final decision.
- The success of the event was down to Radhika.
be down with sth
to be ill with a particular illness
किसी बीमारी से पीड़ित होना
- Half the class is down with flu.
- Radhika was down with a fever during the exam week.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Phrasal verbs with down, asked very often: break down (stop working; lose control of emotions), let down (disappoint), look down on (think somebody is less important), turn down (refuse), put down (write; criticize; suppress a revolt), calm down, cut down on (reduce), slow down, come down with (become ill with).
Down वाले phrasal verbs बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: break down (ख़राब होना; भावनाओं पर नियंत्रण खोना), let down (निराश करना), look down on (किसी को कम महत्वपूर्ण समझना, नीचा देखना), turn down (ठुकराना), put down (लिखना; आलोचना करना; विद्रोह दबाना), calm down, cut down on (कम करना), slow down, come down with (से बीमार होना)।
Down to earth (practical and sensible), down in the dumps (sad), down and out (without money or a home), down the drain (wasted), down to the wire (until the last moment), ups and downs.
Idioms: down to earth (व्यावहारिक और समझदार), down in the dumps (उदास), down and out (बिना पैसे या घर के), down the drain (बर्बाद), down to the wire (अंतिम क्षण तक), ups and downs।