husband
/ˈhʌzbənd/noun
उच्चारण हज़्बन्ड
पति
Basic word
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[T] formal
to use something as carefully and slowly as possible so that it lasts for a long time
किफ़ायत से उपयोग करना
- to husband your resources
- Farmers must husband water in dry years.
- The company husbanded its cash during the slow months.
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- She husbanded her strength for the last lap.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
sb's husband (noun)
A husband is the man that a woman is married to. The possessive or of shows whose husband he is.
Husband वह पुरुष है जिससे कोई स्त्री विवाहित है। Possessive या 'of' से पता चलता है कि वह किसका पति है।
- Radhika's husband is a bank manager.
- She introduced me to her husband.
husband and wife
In this pair, no article is used and the order is usually husband and wife.
इस जोड़ी में article नहीं लगता और क्रम प्रायः 'husband and wife' रहता है।
- The husband and wife run a small bakery together.
- They were declared husband and wife.
husband sth (verb)
In formal English, to husband resources means to use them carefully and slowly so that they last.
औपचारिक अंग्रेज़ी में 'husband resources' का अर्थ संसाधनों को सावधानी और धीरे-धीरे इस्तेमाल करना है ताकि वे टिके रहें।
- The farmers husbanded their water during the drought.
- We must husband our energy for the final week.
husband-to-be / ex-husband
Husband-to-be means the man a woman will marry; ex-husband is a man who was once her husband.
Husband-to-be वह पुरुष है जिससे स्त्री विवाह करेगी; ex-husband वह है जो कभी उसका पति था।
- She met her husband-to-be at a friend's wedding.
- He still supports his ex-husband's children.
husband (verb) + resources
The verb husband is formal and takes resources such as strength, money or time as its object.
Verb 'husband' औपचारिक है और इसके object के रूप में strength, money या time जैसे संसाधन आते हैं।
- She husbanded her strength for the last lap.
- The village husbanded its grain through winter.
+Collocations 5
adjective + husband
lovinglatedevotedfutureformer
- She cared for her late husband's elderly mother.
verb + husband
marrylosedivorcemeetsupport
- She married her husband in a simple ceremony.
husband + of
the teacherthe womanthe bridethe authorthe minister
- He is the husband of the new principal.
husband + noun
and wifehuntingmaterialstitchduty
- Husband and wife shared the work at home.
husband + family words
fatherson-in-lawbrother-in-lawin-lawshousehold
- Her husband's family came for the festival.
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- Radhika's husband helps her with the cooking on Sundays.
राधिका के पति रविवार को खाना बनाने में उसकी मदद करते हैं।
- The couple celebrated twenty years as husband and wife.
दंपति ने पति-पत्नी के रूप में बीस वर्ष पूरे किए।
- The shopkeeper husbanded his savings to educate his children.
दुकानदार ने बच्चों को पढ़ाने के लिए अपनी बचत को संभालकर खर्च किया।
- Her husband works in the railways at Jaipur.
उसके पति जयपुर में रेलवे में काम करते हैं।
- The queen's husband was given the title of prince consort.
रानी के पति को prince consort की उपाधि दी गई।
- Radhika's husband drove her to the exam centre.
राधिका के पति उसे परीक्षा केंद्र तक छोड़ने गए।
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✗ She is married with a doctor.
✓ She is married to a doctor.
Married is followed by to, not with.
'Married' के बाद 'to' आता है, 'with' नहीं।
✗ My husband he is a teacher.
✓ My husband is a teacher.
Do not repeat the subject with a pronoun.
Subject को pronoun लगाकर दोहराना नहीं चाहिए।
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§Grammar and usage
Usage, asked often: the verb husband means use resources carefully ('husband your energy for the exam').
प्रयोग अक्सर पूछा जाता है: verb husband का अर्थ संसाधनों का सावधानी से उपयोग है ('husband your energy for the exam')।
The noun husbandry means farming, especially keeping animals ('animal husbandry').
Noun husbandry का अर्थ खेती, विशेषकर पशुपालन है ('animal husbandry')।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A husband or wife is a spouse; a man whose wife has died is a widower; a woman whose husband has died a widow; a man controlled by his wife henpecked; a man excessively fond of his wife uxorious.
पति या पत्नी spouse; जिसकी पत्नी मर गई हो widower (विधुर); जिसका पति मर गया हो widow (विधवा); पत्नी द्वारा नियंत्रित henpecked; पत्नी से अत्यधिक प्रेम करने वाला uxorious।