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jumbled

/ˈdʒʌmbld/adjective

उच्चारण जम्ब्ल्ड

गड्डमड्ड, उलझा हुआ, अस्त-व्यस्त

Core word

adjective
  1. 1

    mixed together in a confused or untidy way

    गड्डमड्ड, उलझा हुआ, अस्त-व्यस्त

    • a jumbled heap of clothes
    • Rearrange the jumbled letters to make a word.
    • The jumbled sentences must be put in the correct order.
    + 3 more examples
    • The jumbled words on the board made no sense until Arjun rearranged them.
    • He woke up with a jumbled memory of a strange dream.
    • A jumbled pile of cables lay behind the television.

    Synonyms disordered muddled untidy disorganized chaotic

    Opposite orderly neat tidy organized

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

jumbled (adjective)

Jumbled describes things mixed in an untidy or confusing way; it goes before a noun or after be or seem.

'Jumbled' अव्यवस्थित या उलझे ढंग से मिली चीज़ों का वर्णन करता है; यह noun से पहले या be/seem के बाद आता है।

  • The jumbled letters formed no word.
  • His notes seemed jumbled and hard to follow.

jumbled sentences (exam type)

In English exams, jumbled sentences or a jumbled paragraph tests whether you can arrange parts in a logical order.

अंग्रेज़ी परीक्षाओं में jumbled sentences या paragraph यह जाँचता है कि आप भागों को तार्किक क्रम में रख सकते हैं या नहीं।

  • Arrange the jumbled sentences to form a meaningful paragraph.

jumbled up

Jumbled up is the participle of the verb jumble up, used after be to show disorder.

'Jumbled up' क्रिया 'jumble up' का participle है, जो be के बाद अव्यवस्था दिखाता है।

  • The files were all jumbled up after the move.

jumbled with sth

With names what the things are mixed with.

'With' बताता है कि चीज़ें किसके साथ मिली हुई हैं।

  • Her memories were jumbled with dreams.

jumbled vs messy

Jumbled stresses a confused mixture of items; messy stresses dirt or untidiness.

'Jumbled' चीज़ों के उलझे मिश्रण पर बल देता है; 'messy' गंदगी या अव्यवस्था पर।

  • A jumbled shelf is not always messy.
+Collocations 4

jumbled + noun

thoughtsletterswordssentencesmemories

  • The jumbled words made no sense.

adverb + jumbled

completelyhopelesslytotallyratherslightly

  • The records were hopelessly jumbled.

verb + jumbled

lookseembecomefeelget

  • Her notes became jumbled after a month.

jumbled + preposition

uptogetherwithin a heap

  • Old books lay jumbled together on the shelf.
“More examples 6
  • Radhika arranged the jumbled sentences in the right order.

राधिका ने गड्डमड्ड वाक्यों को सही क्रम में लगाया।

  • The shop was full of jumbled furniture.

दुकान अव्यवस्थित फ़र्नीचर से भरी थी।

  • His speech was jumbled and nervous.

उसका भाषण उलझा हुआ और घबराया हुआ था।

  • She found her jumbled drawers in need of a clean-up.

उसने पाया कि उसकी अस्त-व्यस्त दराज़ों को साफ़ करने की ज़रूरत थी।

  • Jumbled clues made the mystery harder to solve.

उलझे हुए सुराग़ों ने रहस्य सुलझाना कठिन बना दिया।

  • The jumbled timetable confused all the new students.

गड़बड़ाई समय-सारणी ने सभी नए विद्यार्थियों को उलझा दिया।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ The papers were jumble on the desk.

✓ The papers were jumbled on the desk.

After be, the participle jumbled is needed, not the base form.

Be के बाद participle 'jumbled' आता है, base form नहीं।

✗ The jumbled sentences are arranged in wrong order.

✓ The jumbled sentences are arranged in the wrong order.

A noun phrase like the wrong order takes the definite article.

'The wrong order' जैसे noun phrase में 'the' आता है।

◇Word family
jumble nounjumble verb
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

disordered muddled untidy disorganized chaotic

Antonyms

orderly neat tidy organized

§Grammar and usage

Usage: questions on jumbled sentences, also called para jumbles, ask you to arrange sentences in a logical order and are common in SSC and banking exams.

Usage में jumbled sentences के प्रश्न, जिन्हें para jumbles भी कहते हैं, वाक्यों को तार्किक क्रम में लगाने के होते हैं और SSC तथा banking परीक्षाओं में आम हैं।

British and American: a jumble sale in British English is a sale of old or used things to raise money, called a rummage sale in American English.

British और American में British English में jumble sale पैसे जुटाने के लिए पुरानी या इस्तेमाल की हुई चीज़ों की बिक्री को कहते हैं, जिसे American English में rummage sale कहते हैं।