liven
/ˈlaɪvn/verb
उच्चारण लाइवन
रौनक लाना
Core word
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used in the phrasal verb liven up
रौनक लाना
- Some music will liven up the party.
- A few colourful posters will liven up the dull classroom.
- Some fresh flowers will liven up the room.
+ 2 more examples
- Let's play a game to liven up the evening.
- A joke or two could liven the speech up.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
liven up (phrasal verb)
Liven is used almost only in liven up, meaning to become or make more exciting.
'Liven' का प्रयोग लगभग केवल 'liven up' में होता है, जिसका अर्थ अधिक रोचक होना या बनाना है।
- The party began to liven up after midnight.
- A few jokes helped to liven up the speech.
liven up + object / liven + object + up
With a noun object, the particle can come before or after it; with a pronoun, it comes after.
Noun object के साथ particle उसके पहले या बाद में आ सकता है; pronoun के साथ वह बाद में आता है।
- Bright cushions will liven up the room.
- Bright cushions will liven the room up.
- Colourful lights liven it up.
liven up (intransitive)
Without an object, the phrasal verb means that a place or event becomes more active.
Object के बिना यह phrasal verb बताता है कि कोई स्थान या आयोजन अधिक सक्रिय हो जाता है।
- The market livens up in the evening.
liven sth up with sth
Add with to name the thing used to make something more interesting.
किसी चीज़ को रोचक बनाने के साधन के लिए with जोड़ा जाता है।
- She livened up the plain curry with fresh coriander.
liven up vs enliven
Enliven is the formal verb with a similar meaning and takes a direct object without up.
Enliven इसी अर्थ का औपचारिक verb है, जो बिना up के सीधे object लेता है।
- Her stories enliven every gathering.
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liven up + noun
a partya speecha rooma lessona dish
- A short quiz livened up the lesson.
something that livens
musichumourcoloura jokedecorations
- A touch of humour livened up the dull meeting.
adverb + liven
suddenlyquicklygraduallyslowly
- The crowd quickly livened up when the band started.
similar phrasal verbs
perk upbrighten upcheer upspice up
- Chilli can spice up a plain dish.
liven up + with
with musicwith colourwith a storywith games
- The teacher livened up the class with a story.
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- The teacher used songs to liven up the grammar class.
शिक्षक ने व्याकरण की कक्षा को रोचक बनाने के लिए गीतों का प्रयोग किया।
- The street livened up as soon as the festival procession arrived.
त्योहार की शोभायात्रा के आते ही गली में रौनक आ गई।
- Radhika painted the walls yellow to liven up the study room.
राधिका ने पढ़ाई के कमरे को खुशनुमा बनाने के लिए दीवारें पीली रंग दीं।
- The match livened up in the second half.
मैच दूसरे हाफ़ में रोमांचक हो गया।
- Nothing could liven him up after the bad news.
बुरी खबर के बाद कोई चीज़ उसका उत्साह नहीं बढ़ा सकी।
- Fresh flowers livened up the dull office.
ताज़े फूलों ने नीरस दफ़्तर में जान डाल दी।
- A surprise guest livened up the dull evening.
एक अप्रत्याशित मेहमान ने नीरस शाम में रंग भर दिया।
→Phrasal verbs 1
liven up | liven sb/sth up
to become or to make somebody or something more interesting or exciting
जीवंत बनाना या होना, रौनक लाना, जान डालना
- The party livened up when the band started playing.
- A few bright cushions will liven up the room.
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§Grammar and usage
Usage: liven is almost always used with up, as in 'liven up the evening'.
Usage में liven लगभग हमेशा up के साथ आता है, जैसे 'liven up the evening'।