grader
/ˈɡreɪdə(r)/noun
उच्चारण ग्रेडर
ग्रेडर (सड़क समतल करने की मशीन)
Core word
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[C]
a large machine with a long blade, used for making the surface of a road or land flat
ग्रेडर (सड़क समतल करने की मशीन)
- A grader levelled the road before it was tarred.
- A yellow grader smoothed the dirt road before the festival procession.
- The workers used a grader to level the path to the village.
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- Road building in the hills needs a heavy grader to cut the slope.
- The new grader arrived at the site on a large truck.
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[C] North American
(in compounds) a student who is in the grade at school mentioned
(किसी कक्षा का) छात्र
- a group of fifth graders
- The sixth graders put on a play for the school's annual day.
- My cousin is a ninth grader at a school in Pune.
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- Only eighth graders can take part in this quiz.
- The school took the third graders to the zoo.
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[C]
a person who checks and marks the quality of products or students' work
श्रेणी तय करने वाला, जाँचने वाला
- The fruit is checked by graders before packing.
- The grader gave full marks to every answer that followed the instructions.
- A trained grader sorts the tea leaves by size and quality.
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- The exam graders were asked to follow the marking scheme closely.
- As a cotton grader, he can tell the quality by touch alone.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
grader (machine)
A grader is a heavy machine with a long blade, used to level roads. It is countable.
'Grader' लंबे ब्लेड वाली भारी मशीन है, जिससे सड़कें समतल की जाती हैं। यह countable है।
- A grader levelled the new road.
- The contractor hired two graders for the highway.
ordinal + grader (AmE)
In American English, a student in a particular grade is a first-grader, a tenth-grader, and so on. Use a hyphen.
अमेरिकी अंग्रेज़ी में किसी विशेष grade के विद्यार्थी को first-grader, tenth-grader आदि कहते हैं। इसमें hyphen लगता है।
- Her brother is a fifth-grader.
grader (person)
A grader can also be a person who checks and marks things, such as exam papers or farm produce.
'Grader' वह व्यक्ति भी हो सकता है जो परीक्षा-पत्र या कृषि उपज जैसी चीज़ों को जाँचकर अंक/श्रेणी देता है।
- The grader gave her essay a high mark.
- A fruit grader sorts apples by size.
grader in compounds (BrE note)
The -grader pattern is American. In British and Indian usage say a student in Class 5.
-grader वाला प्रयोग अमेरिकी है। British और भारतीय प्रयोग में 'a student in Class 5' कहते हैं।
- Radhika is in Class 5; an American would call her a fifth-grader.
+Collocations 5
type + grader
motorroadroad-surfaceheavy
- A motor grader smoothed the muddy track.
ordinal + grader
first-gradersecond-gradersixth-graderninth-grader
- The sixth-grader won the spelling contest.
verb + grader
hiredriveoperateusework as
- He works as a grader in a rice mill.
grader + noun
bladeoperatordrivermachine
- The grader operator worked all night.
grader + job
essay graderegg gradertea graderpaper grader
- An essay grader marks hundreds of scripts.
निबंध जाँचने वाला सैकड़ों उत्तर-पुस्तिकाएँ जाँचता है।
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- The road crew used a grader to flatten the surface.
सड़क बनाने वाले दल ने सतह समतल करने के लिए ग्रेडर का प्रयोग किया।
- My nephew is a third-grader and loves reading.
मेरा भतीजा तीसरी कक्षा में है और उसे पढ़ना पसंद है।
- An automated grader scored thousands of answer sheets.
एक स्वचालित प्रणाली ने हज़ारों उत्तर-पुस्तिकाएँ जाँचीं।
- The tea grader tastes samples before fixing the price.
चाय का ग्रेडर कीमत तय करने से पहले नमूने चखता है।
- A grader can be seen on the roadside during repair work.
मरम्मत के समय सड़क किनारे ग्रेडर दिखाई देता है।
- A second-grader can already read simple stories.
दूसरी कक्षा का विद्यार्थी पहले ही सरल कहानियाँ पढ़ सकता है।
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✗ She is a six grader student.
✓ She is a sixth-grader.
Use the ordinal form sixth and a hyphen to make the compound.
Compound बनाने के लिए ordinal रूप 'sixth' और hyphen का प्रयोग करें।
✗ A grader are used to level roads.
✓ A grader is used to level roads.
A singular subject takes is.
Singular subject के साथ 'is' आता है।