glut
/ɡlʌt/noun
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अधिकता, भरमार
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[C, usually sing.] ~ (of sth)
a situation in which there is more of something than is needed or can be used
अधिकता, भरमार
- a glut of onions in the market
- A glut of tomatoes pushed prices down at the mandi.
- There is a glut of engineering graduates in some cities.
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- A glut of mangoes in May makes them cheap.
- The oil glut caused petrol prices to fall.
Synonyms surplus excess oversupply surfeit overabundance
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[T] ~ sth (with sth)
to supply or provide something with too much of something
भरमार कर देना
- The market was glutted with cheap goods.
- Cheap imports glutted the market and hurt local makers.
- Cheap goods glutted the market after the festival.
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- Too many new apps have glutted the shop.
- The market was glutted with sugar that year.
Synonyms flood oversupply saturate swamp overload
≈Synonyms and antonyms
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Keep the too-much words together: glut, surplus (an amount more than needed), surfeit (too much of something, especially food), excess, plethora (too many: 'a plethora of choices').
अधिकता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: glut, surplus (ज़रूरत से अधिक मात्रा), surfeit (किसी चीज़ की अति, विशेषकर भोजन), excess, plethora (बहुत अधिक: 'a plethora of choices')।
Keep apart glut (oversupply) and glutton (a person who eats too much).
Glut (अत्यधिक आपूर्ति) और glutton (बहुत खाने वाला, पेटू) को अलग रखिए।
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General knowledge
Economics: a glut of a product causes its price to fall (supply is greater than demand); a shortage causes the price to rise.
अर्थशास्त्र में किसी उत्पाद की अधिकता से उसकी कीमत गिरती है (आपूर्ति माँग से अधिक); कमी से कीमत बढ़ती है।