high-flyer
/ˌhaɪ ˈflaɪə(r)/noun
उच्चारण हाइ फ़्लायर
बहुत सफल या महत्वाकांक्षी व्यक्ति
Core word
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a person who has the ability and ambition to be very successful, especially in their career
बहुत सफल या महत्वाकांक्षी व्यक्ति
- The bank recruits high-flyers from top business schools.
- Radhika was a high-flyer and became a manager at 28.
- As a student he was a high-flyer, topping every exam.
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- The firm is looking for high-flyers to join its management programme.
- The young engineer was soon seen as a high-flyer in the company.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
a high-flyer (countable)
A high-flyer is a person with great ability and ambition; it is countable and is also spelt high-flier or highflyer.
'High-flyer' अत्यधिक योग्यता और महत्त्वाकांक्षा वाला व्यक्ति है; यह countable है और high-flier भी लिखा जाता है।
- Radhika was a high-flyer from her first year at college.
- The bank recruits only high-flyers from top universities.
a high-flyer in + field
Use in with the field or subject where the person is successful.
जिस क्षेत्र या विषय में व्यक्ति सफल हो, उसके लिए 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।
- He is a high-flyer in the software industry.
- She became a high-flyer in civil services.
high-flying (adjective)
The adjective form high-flying describes careers, plans and people, and comes before the noun.
Adjective रूप 'high-flying' करियर, योजनाओं और लोगों का वर्णन करता है और noun से पहले आता है।
- She has a high-flying career in banking.
- The high-flying executive resigned suddenly.
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adjective + high-flyer
youngambitiouscorporateacademicfuture
- The ambitious high-flyer was promoted twice in three years.
verb + high-flyer
becomebe seen ashirerecruittrain
- The firm hires only a few high-flyers every year.
high-flyer + noun
careergraduatemanagerstudent
- He joined a graduate programme for high-flyers.
a high-flyer at / in
at schoolat workin the civil servicesin financein sports
- She was a high-flyer at school and topped the state.
high-flyer + organisation
in the bankin the ministryin the firmat the university
- She was seen as a high-flyer in the bank.
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- As a school topper, Radhika was marked out as a future high-flyer.
स्कूल की टॉपर होने के कारण राधिका को भविष्य की सफल व्यक्ति के रूप में देखा गया।
- The company offers special training to its young high-flyers.
कंपनी अपने युवा प्रतिभाशाली कर्मचारियों को विशेष प्रशिक्षण देती है।
- A high-flyer in the finance ministry, he rose to the top post.
वित्त मंत्रालय के इस प्रतिभाशाली अधिकारी ने शीर्ष पद तक की यात्रा तय की।
- Being a high-flyer demands both talent and hard work.
सफलता की ऊँचाइयाँ छूने के लिए प्रतिभा और कड़ी मेहनत दोनों की आवश्यकता होती है।
- She gave up a high-flying job to look after her mother.
उसने अपनी माँ की देखभाल के लिए एक ऊँचे पद की नौकरी छोड़ दी।
- Every high-flyer has to learn to handle failure.
हर सफल व्यक्ति को असफलता से निपटना सीखना पड़ता है।
- Radhika's friend was a high-flyer in the Civil Services exam.
राधिका की सहेली सिविल सेवा परीक्षा में बहुत सफल रही।
- The principal said that every high-flyer once started as an ordinary student.
प्राचार्य ने कहा कि हर सफल व्यक्ति कभी साधारण विद्यार्थी ही था।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He is a high-flyer of the banking sector.
✓ He is a high-flyer in the banking sector.
The field where a person succeeds is introduced with in, not of.
जिस क्षेत्र में व्यक्ति सफल हो, उसके साथ 'in' आता है, 'of' नहीं।