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fingertip

/ˈfɪŋɡətɪp/noun

उच्चारण फ़िंगटिप

अँगुली का सिरा

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noun
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    the end of the finger

    अँगुली का सिरा

    • at your fingertips
    • The surgeon examined the swollen fingertip carefully before she applied the bandage.
    • He felt the surface of the stone with his fingertips.
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    • A paper cut on her fingertip made typing painful.
    • The pianist touched the keys lightly with her fingertips.

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fingertip (noun), at your fingertips

The idiom at your fingertips means something is easily available to you.

मुहावरे 'at your fingertips' का अर्थ है कि कोई चीज़ आपको आसानी से उपलब्ध है।

  • With a smartphone, all information is at your fingertips.
  • The data is at her fingertips.

with / to / on the fingertips

Use with for the part of the finger you use, and to when something reaches as far as the tips.

उँगली के जिस सिरे से काम लें उसके लिए 'with' और जहाँ तक कुछ पहुँचे उसके लिए 'to' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • She touched the screen with her fingertips.
  • The wet paint reached to his fingertips.

fingertip + noun / fingertips (plural)

Fingertip works as a modifier, as in fingertip search; one finger has a fingertip, and hands have fingertips.

'Fingertip' modifier की तरह भी आता है, जैसे fingertip search; एक उँगली का fingertip और हाथों के fingertips होते हैं।

  • The doctor checked the pulse with her fingertips.
  • A fingertip search of the room found nothing.

to the fingertips

This phrase means completely, in every way.

इस वाक्यांश का अर्थ पूरी तरह, हर प्रकार से है।

  • Radhika is an artist to her fingertips.
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verb + fingertips

touchtapbrushpresstingle

  • The cold made my fingertips tingle.

adjective + fingertips

coldstickyinkynumbdelicate

  • His fingertips were inky after the exam.

at your fingertips

informationknowledgefactstoolsanswers

  • A good teacher has all the facts at her fingertips.

fingertip + noun

controlsearchtouch

  • The pilot has fingertip control of the plane.
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  • The guitarist's fingertips were sore after the long practice.

लंबे अभ्यास के बाद गिटारवादक की उँगलियों के सिरे दुखने लगे।

  • Libraries now put a world of books at our fingertips.

पुस्तकालय अब पुस्तकों का पूरा संसार हमारी उँगलियों पर रख देते हैं।

  • She tapped the table with her fingertips while thinking.

सोचते हुए उसने उँगलियों के सिरों से मेज़ थपथपाई।

  • The mehndi reached the fingertips of both her hands.

मेहंदी उसके दोनों हाथों की उँगलियों के सिरों तक पहुँची।

  • He is a gentleman to his fingertips.

वह पूरी तरह एक सज्जन व्यक्ति है।

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✗ The answers are at my fingertip.

✓ The answers are at my fingertips.

In this idiom, fingertips is plural.

इस मुहावरे में 'fingertips' plural रूप में आता है।

✗ He pressed the button by his fingertip.

✓ He pressed the button with his fingertip.

The instrument or body part used takes with, not by.

जिस अंग या साधन से काम किया जाए उसके साथ 'with' आता है, 'by' नहीं।

✗ She is a singer by her fingertips.

✓ She is a singer to her fingertips.

The idiom is to the fingertips, not by.

मुहावरा 'to the fingertips' है, 'by' नहीं।

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These name parts of the finger, from the end to the middle.

ये उँगली के भागों के नाम हैं, सिरे से बीच तक।

fingertip

The end of a finger.

उँगली का सिरा।

  • a sore fingertip

fingernail

The hard covering on the top of the fingertip.

उँगली के सिरे का कठोर ऊपरी आवरण।

  • a broken fingernail

knuckle

The joint where a finger bends.

जोड़ जहाँ उँगली मुड़ती है।

  • a bruised knuckle
Idioms 1

have sth at your fingertips

to have the information, knowledge, etc. that is needed in a particular situation and be able to find it easily and use it quickly

किसी विषय की पूरी जानकारी होना, सब कुछ ज़ुबान पर होना

  • Radhika has all the important dates of modern history at her fingertips.
  • A good lawyer has the facts of the case at his fingertips.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

tip

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

At your fingertips (easily available, or known very well).

Idiom 'at your fingertips' (आसानी से उपलब्ध, या भली-भाँति ज्ञात)।