expensive
/ɪkˈspensɪv/adjective
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महँगा
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costing a lot of money
महँगा
- Private coaching is expensive.
- an expensive phone
- Fruit is expensive in the city during winter.
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- Radhika bought an expensive watch for her father.
- It is expensive to live in Mumbai.
Opposite cheap inexpensive affordable
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
expensive + noun
Expensive describes things that cost a lot, such as goods and services. It is not used for people's pay or a price itself.
'Expensive' उन वस्तुओं और सेवाओं का वर्णन करता है जिनका मूल्य अधिक होता है। यह वेतन या स्वयं price के लिए प्रयुक्त नहीं होता।
- Radhika bought an expensive pen for the exam.
- Hotels near the railway station are expensive.
expensive + to-infinitive
Use to + verb to say what is costly to do, and for to name who finds it so.
कौन-सा काम महँगा है, यह बताने के लिए to + verb और किसके लिए, यह बताने के लिए 'for' का प्रयोग होता है।
- It is expensive to live in Mumbai.
- Private tuition can be expensive for a rural family.
more / most expensive; less expensive
Expensive is a long adjective, so it forms the comparative with more and the superlative with most. 'Cheaper' is the usual opposite, but 'less expensive' sounds more polite.
'Expensive' लंबा adjective है, इसलिए comparative में more और superlative में most आता है। विपरीतार्थक 'cheaper' सामान्य है, पर 'less expensive' अधिक विनम्र लगता है।
- This phone is more expensive than that one.
- It is the most expensive car in the showroom.
expensive (not high) for prices
A price or a fee is high or low, not expensive or cheap. The things bought are expensive or cheap.
Price या fee 'high' या 'low' होती है, 'expensive' या 'cheap' नहीं। खरीदी जाने वाली वस्तुएँ महँगी या सस्ती होती हैं।
- The price of onions is high this month.
+Collocations 3
adverb + expensive
veryextremelyprohibitivelyunnecessarilyrelatively
- Imported fruit is prohibitively expensive for most families.
expensive + noun
tastemistakehabitgifttreatmenthobby
- Missing the form deadline turned out to be an expensive mistake.
verb + expensive
provebecomegetseemlook
- Vegetables get expensive during the rainy season.
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- Wedding halls in big cities have become very expensive.
बड़े शहरों में विवाह भवन बहुत महँगे हो गए हैं।
- Cricket is an expensive sport for a child without a sponsor.
बिना प्रायोजक वाले बच्चे के लिए क्रिकेट एक महँगा खेल है।
- The doctor said that delay would be an expensive error.
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि देरी करना महँगी भूल होगी।
- Compared to a taxi, the Metro is much less expensive.
टैक्सी की तुलना में मेट्रो काफ़ी कम महँगी है।
- Radhika has expensive tastes, but she saves carefully.
राधिका के शौक महँगे हैं, पर वह सावधानी से बचत करती है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The price of petrol is very expensive.
✓ The price of petrol is very high.
Prices are high or low; only goods and services are expensive.
Prices 'high' या 'low' होती हैं; केवल वस्तुएँ और सेवाएँ 'expensive' होती हैं।
✗ Vegetables are more expensive in Delhi than Patna.
✓ Vegetables are more expensive in Delhi than in Patna.
When comparing places, repeat the preposition after than so that like things are compared.
स्थानों की तुलना करते समय than के बाद preposition दोहराएँ ताकि समान वस्तुओं की तुलना हो।
✗ This watch is expensiver than that one.
✓ This watch is more expensive than that one.
Long adjectives of three syllables take more, not -er.
तीन syllables वाले लंबे adjectives में -er नहीं, more लगता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Expensive, costly and dear all mean high in price, but they differ in tone and use.
Expensive, costly और dear तीनों का अर्थ ऊँचे दाम वाला है, पर tone और प्रयोग में अंतर है।
The ordinary word for something that costs a lot of money.
अधिक पैसे वाली वस्तु के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- Gold is expensive.
More formal; it can also mean causing a serious loss, not only money.
अधिक औपचारिक; इसका अर्थ केवल पैसा नहीं, गंभीर हानि पहुँचाने वाला भी हो सकता है।
- The delay proved costly for the project.
Mainly British and Indian usage for a high price; it also means loved.
ऊँचे दाम के लिए मुख्यतः British और भारतीय प्रयोग; इसका अर्थ प्रिय भी है।
- Onions are dear this month.
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