gallery
/ˈɡæləri/noun
उच्चारण गैलरी
कला-दीर्घा, गैलरी
Core wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C]
a room or building for showing works of art, especially to the public
कला-दीर्घा, गैलरी
- the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi
- an art gallery
- The gallery is showing work by young painters.
+ 2 more examples
- We spent the afternoon at the national gallery.
- The art gallery was closed on Mondays.
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[C]
an upper floor in a hall, church or theatre, where people sit to watch or listen
(सभागार, संसद में) ऊपर की दीर्घा
- the visitors' gallery in the Lok Sabha
- the press gallery
- Visitors sat in the gallery and watched the proceedings.
+ 2 more examples
- The reporters waited in the press gallery.
- The theatre gallery has the cheapest seats.
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[C]
a long narrow room or passage, especially one underground
लंबा संकरा गलियारा, सुरंग
- a mine gallery
- Miners worked in a dark gallery deep under the hill.
- Miners crawled through a narrow gallery to reach the coal.
+ 2 more examples
- Bats live in the dark galleries of the cave.
- A gallery ran along the inside of the castle wall.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
gallery (countable noun, art)
A gallery is a room or building where art is shown. It is countable, so it needs an article or plural form.
Gallery वह कमरा या भवन है जहाँ कला प्रदर्शित की जाती है। यह countable noun है, इसलिए इसके साथ article या plural रूप आता है।
- Radhika visited an art gallery in Mumbai.
- The city has three galleries near the old fort.
in / at the gallery
Use 'in' for being inside the building and 'at' when you mean the place as a destination or an address.
भवन के अंदर होने के लिए 'in' और स्थान को गंतव्य या पते के रूप में बताने के लिए 'at' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The paintings in the gallery are for sale.
- We met at the gallery at noon.
the gallery (seating area)
In a theatre, hall or Parliament, the gallery is the upper seating area, often for visitors or the cheapest seats.
थिएटर, सभागार या संसद में gallery ऊपरी बैठने का स्थान होता है, जो प्रायः दर्शकों या सबसे सस्ती सीटों के लिए होता है।
- Visitors in the public gallery watched the debate silently.
a gallery of + plural noun
Figuratively, a gallery of people or things means a collection of them that you can look at one by one.
आलंकारिक रूप में 'a gallery of' का अर्थ ऐसे लोगों या वस्तुओं का संग्रह है जिन्हें एक-एक करके देखा जा सके।
- The novel presents a gallery of memorable village characters.
+Collocations 4
type of gallery
artphotonationalpublicshootingwhispering
- The whispering gallery in Bijapur carries even a soft sound across the dome.
verb + gallery
visitopenrundisplay inexhibit at
- She opened a small gallery selling Madhubani paintings.
gallery + noun
owneropeningspacevisitortour
- The gallery opening attracted many young artists.
part of a building
press galleryvisitors' gallerypublic galleryminstrels' galleryupper gallery
- Reporters in the press gallery noted every word of the speech.
“More examples 5
- The National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi displays works by Indian painters.
दिल्ली की नेशनल गैलरी ऑफ मॉडर्न आर्ट में भारतीय चित्रकारों की कृतियाँ प्रदर्शित हैं।
- Students sat in the gallery while the guests took the front seats.
अतिथि आगे की सीटों पर बैठे, जबकि विद्यार्थी gallery में बैठे।
- The cave temple has a long gallery carved into the rock.
गुफा मंदिर में चट्टान को काटकर बनाई गई एक लंबी गैलरी है।
- He enjoys photographing monuments and uploading them to an online gallery.
उसे स्मारकों की तस्वीरें खींचना और उन्हें online gallery में डालना पसंद है।
- The new gallery will be open to the public from Monday.
नई गैलरी सोमवार से जनता के लिए खुलेगी।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I went to the gallery for watching the paintings.
✓ I went to the gallery to see the paintings.
Purpose is shown by a to-infinitive, not 'for + -ing'; also paintings are 'seen', not 'watched'.
उद्देश्य to-infinitive से बताया जाता है, 'for + -ing' से नहीं; और paintings 'see' की जाती हैं, 'watch' नहीं।
✗ There is a art gallery near my school.
✓ There is an art gallery near my school.
Use 'an' before a vowel sound; 'art' begins with a vowel sound.
Vowel sound से पहले 'an' आता है; 'art' vowel sound से शुरू होता है।
✗ We went to the gallery by walk.
✓ We went to the gallery on foot.
The fixed phrase is 'on foot', not 'by walk'.
निश्चित प्रयोग 'on foot' है, 'by walk' नहीं।
¶Idioms 1
play to the gallery
to behave in a way intended to make you popular rather than doing what is right
लोकप्रियता के लिए दिखावा करना
- The minister was accused of playing to the gallery with free gifts.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
gal·ler·y
Double l and -ery (not 'galary' or 'gallary'); plural galleries.
दो l और अंत में -ery ('galary' या 'gallary' गलत है); plural galleries।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Play to the gallery.
Idiom 'play to the gallery' का अर्थ है आम जनता को खुश करने के लिए दिखावटी बातें या काम करना, चाहे वे गंभीरता से सही हों या नहीं।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A room for displaying art is a gallery; a place for exhibiting objects of historical interest is a museum; a place for keeping fish is an aquarium; for birds an aviary; for bees an apiary.
कला दिखाने का कमरा gallery; ऐतिहासिक वस्तुएँ दिखाने की जगह museum; मछलियाँ रखने की जगह aquarium; पक्षियों के लिए aviary; मधुमक्खियों के लिए apiary।
General knowledge
The visitors' gallery and press gallery in Parliament.
संसद की visitors' gallery और press gallery।