halt
/hɔːlt/verb
उच्चारण हॉल्ट
रुकना; रोकना
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to stop; to make somebody or something stop
रुकना; रोकना
- The train halted at a small station.
- The government halted all construction near the lake.
- The bus halted suddenly at the red light.
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- Heavy rain halted the match for an hour.
- Police halted the traffic to let the procession pass.
- Halt! Who goes there?
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[sing.]
an act of stopping the movement or progress of something
ठहराव, रुकावट, विराम
- Work came to a halt when the power failed.
- The judge called a halt to the proceedings.
- The strike brought the city to a halt.
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- The cars came to a halt at the level crossing.
- Production ground to a halt when the supply of parts ran out.
Synonyms stop standstill pause
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
halt (verb, intransitive)
Without an object, halt means to stop moving. It is more formal than stop.
बिना object के 'halt' का अर्थ चलना बंद करना है; यह 'stop' से अधिक औपचारिक है।
- The train halted at a small station.
- The marchers halted at the gate.
halt + object (transitive)
With an object, halt means to make a person, a process or a vehicle stop.
Object के साथ 'halt' का अर्थ किसी व्यक्ति, प्रक्रिया या वाहन को रोक देना है।
- The court halted the construction work.
- Heavy rain halted the match.
come to a halt / bring sth to a halt
Come to a halt means stop. Bring something to a halt means to make it stop. Halt is a noun here.
'Come to a halt' का अर्थ रुक जाना और 'bring sth to a halt' का अर्थ किसी चीज़ को रोक देना है; यहाँ 'halt' noun है।
- The bus came to a halt near the bridge.
- A strike brought the city to a halt.
call a halt to sth
To call a halt to something is to say officially that it must stop.
'Call a halt to sth' का अर्थ आधिकारिक रूप से घोषित करना है कि कोई चीज़ बंद हो।
- The principal called a halt to the practice of ragging.
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verb + halt
come tobring tocallgrind toscreech to
- The truck screeched to a halt.
adjective + halt
suddencompleteabrupttemporarydead
- The talks came to a sudden halt.
halt + noun
productionconstructiontradetalksprogressthe march
- The government halted the sale of the medicine.
halt + at / in
at a signalat the borderin its tracksin mid-sentence
- The speaker halted in mid-sentence.
railway use
railway haltrequest halthalt stationshort halt
- The train has a short halt at Nagpur.
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- The soldiers halted at the order of the commander.
सैनिक सेनापति के आदेश पर रुक गए।
- Radhika's progress came to a halt when she fell ill.
बीमार पड़ने पर राधिका की प्रगति रुक गई।
- The cricket match was halted because of rain.
बारिश के कारण क्रिकेट मैच रोक दिया गया।
- The train makes a ten-minute halt at the station.
रेलगाड़ी स्टेशन पर दस मिनट के लिए रुकती है।
- A court order halted the demolition of the old market.
अदालत के आदेश ने पुराने बाज़ार को गिराने का काम रोक दिया।
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✗ The soldiers halt at the border yesterday.
✓ The soldiers halted at the border yesterday.
Yesterday needs the simple past tense halted.
'Yesterday' के साथ simple past 'halted' आता है।
✗ The strike brought the city in a halt.
✓ The strike brought the city to a halt.
The fixed phrase is bring to a halt.
स्थिर वाक्यांश 'bring to a halt' है, 'in a halt' नहीं।
✗ The court has ordered to halt the work.
✓ The court has ordered the work to be halted.
Order needs an object before the infinitive; here the work must be named.
'Order' के बाद infinitive से पहले object चाहिए; यहाँ 'the work' बताना होगा।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
All three describe stopping, but they differ in formality and in how the stop happens.
तीनों रुकने का भाव दर्शाते हैं, पर औपचारिकता और रुकने के ढंग में अंतर है।
A formal word for stopping, often an order or an official stop.
रुकने के लिए औपचारिक शब्द, प्रायः आदेश या आधिकारिक रोक।
- Halt! Who goes there?
A short, temporary stop, after which you continue.
छोटा, अस्थायी विराम जिसके बाद आप आगे बढ़ते हैं।
- She paused to think.
To end completely and stop happening; formal.
पूरी तरह समाप्त हो जाना; औपचारिक।
- The noise ceased at midnight.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Come to a halt, grind to a halt, call a halt to.
Idioms: come to a halt (रुक जाना), grind to a halt (धीरे-धीरे पूरी तरह ठप हो जाना), call a halt to (किसी चीज़ को रोकने का आदेश देना)।