erase
/ɪˈreɪz/verb
उच्चारण इरेज़
मिटाना, हटाना
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[T] ~ sth (from sth)
to remove something completely, for example writing, a recording or a memory
मिटाना, हटाना
- Erase the wrong answer.
- She tried to erase the memory.
- Please erase the board before the next class begins.
+ 2 more examples
- He accidentally erased all the photos from his phone.
- Time cannot erase the memory of that happy summer.
Synonyms delete rub out wipe out remove obliterate
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
erase + object
Erase is transitive. It means to remove something completely, such as pencil marks, a recording or a file.
'Erase' transitive verb है। इसका अर्थ किसी चीज़ को पूरी तरह मिटाना है, जैसे पेंसिल के निशान, रिकॉर्डिंग या फ़ाइल।
- Radhika erased the wrong answer and wrote it again.
- He accidentally erased all the photos on the phone.
erase sth from sth
Use from for the place the thing is removed from.
जिस स्थान से चीज़ हटाई जाए, उसके लिए from का प्रयोग होता है।
- They erased his name from the list of members.
- She could not erase the image from her mind.
erase sth with sth
Use with for the tool: an eraser, a cloth or a command.
औज़ार के लिए with का प्रयोग होता है: eraser, कपड़ा या command।
- Erase the chalk marks with a wet cloth.
be erased (passive)
The passive stresses what disappears, especially in writing about history or memory.
Passive रूप इस बात पर बल देता है कि क्या मिट गया, विशेषकर इतिहास या स्मृति के बारे में लिखते समय।
- The writing on the old wall has been erased by rain.
+Collocations 4
erase + noun
memorydatafiletapemistake
- The virus erased all the data on the school computer.
completely / totally + erase
completelytotallypermanentlygraduallyquickly
- Time has gradually erased the colour from the old painting.
erase + abstract noun
doubtdifferencehistorytracememory
- Nothing can erase the memory of that night.
tool + erase
eraserrubberdusterdelete key
- Use a soft rubber to erase pencil marks.
“More examples 5
- The teacher erased the board before the next class.
शिक्षक ने अगली कक्षा से पहले बोर्ड साफ़ कर दिया।
- The floods erased every trace of the road.
बाढ़ ने सड़क का हर निशान मिटा दिया।
- Her kindness erased all his doubts about the new school.
उसकी दयालुता ने नए विद्यालय के बारे में उसकी सारी शंकाएँ मिटा दीं।
- Do not erase the recording until the officer has heard it.
अधिकारी के सुनने तक रिकॉर्डिंग को मत मिटाइए।
- The new law will erase the gap between the two groups.
नया कानून दोनों समूहों के बीच का अंतर समाप्त कर देगा।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ She erased the mistake by the eraser.
✓ She erased the mistake with an eraser.
The tool used is introduced by with, not by.
प्रयोग किए गए औज़ार के लिए with आता है, by नहीं।
✗ He has erase the file by mistake.
✓ He has erased the file by mistake.
After has/have, use the past participle erased.
Has/have के बाद past participle 'erased' आता है।
✗ Please erase out the wrong word.
✓ Please erase the wrong word.
Erase takes its object directly; out is unnecessary.
'Erase' के बाद object सीधे आता है; out की आवश्यकता नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all mean to remove something, but they differ in how complete and what kind of thing is removed.
ये क्रियाएँ किसी चीज़ को हटाने के अर्थ में हैं, पर हटाने की पूर्णता और वस्तु के प्रकार में अंतर है।
To rub or wipe away marks or data so that nothing is left.
निशान या data को इस तरह रगड़कर या पोंछकर हटाना कि कुछ न बचे।
- Erase the pencil lines.
To remove written or stored material, especially on a computer.
लिखी या संग्रहीत सामग्री, विशेषकर कंप्यूटर में, हटाना।
- Delete the old messages.
A formal word for rubbing out so that something can no longer be seen or recognised.
रगड़कर इस तरह मिटाना कि चीज़ दिखाई या पहचानी न जा सके; यह formal शब्द है।
- Rain had effaced the inscription.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
e·rase
One r (not 'errase').
एक r ('errase' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the remove words together: erase, delete (remove text from a computer or document), efface (rub out; make yourself unnoticeable), obliterate (destroy completely), expunge (remove a record officially).
हटाने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: erase, delete (कंप्यूटर या दस्तावेज़ से पाठ हटाना), efface (मिटाना; स्वयं को अलक्षित रखना), obliterate (पूरी तरह नष्ट करना), expunge (रिकॉर्ड आधिकारिक रूप से हटाना)।
§Grammar and usage
British and American English: rubber (British) and eraser (American) for the object; British students often say rubber.
British और American English में वस्तु के लिए rubber (British) और eraser (American); British छात्र प्रायः rubber कहते हैं।