man-made
/ˌmæn ˈmeɪd/adjective
उच्चारण मैन मेड
मानव-निर्मित, कृत्रिम
Basic word
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made by people; not natural
मानव-निर्मित, कृत्रिम
- Nylon and polyester are man-made fibres.
- The floods were a man-made disaster caused by illegal construction.
- The lake is man-made and was built to store water.
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- Plastic is a man-made material that does not rot.
- They visited a man-made island off the coast.
Synonyms artificial synthetic manufactured human-made
Opposite natural
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
man-made + noun
Man-made is a hyphenated adjective placed before a noun. It describes something produced by people, not found in nature.
Man-made hyphen वाला adjective है जो noun से पहले आता है। यह उस चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो मनुष्य ने बनाई है, प्रकृति ने नहीं।
- The Bhakra reservoir is a man-made lake.
- Plastic is a man-made material.
be + man-made (after the verb)
After a linking verb the adjective can stand alone, usually without a hyphen problem, as the predicate of the sentence.
Linking verb के बाद यह adjective अकेले predicate के रूप में भी आ सकता है।
- The island is entirely man-made.
- Most of these fibres are man-made.
man-made vs natural
The word is often used in contrast with natural, especially for disasters, fibres and materials.
यह शब्द प्रायः natural के विपरीत प्रयुक्त होता है, विशेषकर आपदाओं, रेशों और पदार्थों के लिए।
- Floods can be natural, but the damage is often man-made.
- Cotton is natural, while nylon is man-made.
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man-made + noun
lakeislanddisasterfibresatelliteforest
- A man-made forest now stands where the land was barren.
adverb + man-made
entirelylargelywhollypartlypurely
- The crisis is largely man-made and can be avoided.
man-made + noun (science)
climate changepollutionchemicalsstructuresmaterials
- Scientists link rising temperatures to man-made pollution.
natural or man-made
natural or man-mademan-made and naturalboth man-made and natural
- Natural or man-made, a disaster demands quick relief.
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- Silk is a natural fibre, but rayon is man-made.
रेशम प्राकृतिक रेशा है, पर rayon मानव-निर्मित है।
- The satellite is a man-made object that circles the earth.
उपग्रह एक मानव-निर्मित वस्तु है जो पृथ्वी की परिक्रमा करता है।
- Many city floods are man-made, caused by blocked drains.
शहरों की कई बाढ़ें मानव-निर्मित होती हैं, जो बंद नालियों के कारण आती हैं।
- Radhika wrote an essay on man-made wonders of India.
राधिका ने भारत के मानव-निर्मित आश्चर्यों पर एक निबंध लिखा।
- The lake in the park is man-made, dug about fifty years ago.
पार्क की झील मानव-निर्मित है, जिसे लगभग पचास वर्ष पहले खोदा गया था।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These describe things that do not come from nature, but they point at different qualities.
ये सभी शब्द उन चीज़ों का वर्णन करते हैं जो प्रकृति से नहीं आईं, पर अलग-अलग गुणों की ओर संकेत करते हैं।
Made by human beings, in contrast to nature.
मनुष्य द्वारा बनाया गया, प्रकृति के विपरीत।
- The canal is a man-made waterway.
Made to copy something natural; often suggests not genuine or not real.
किसी प्राकृतिक चीज़ की नकल करने के लिए बनाया गया; प्रायः नकली या असली न होने का भाव।
- She wore an artificial flower in her hair.
Produced by chemical processes, especially for fibres, rubber and drugs.
रासायनिक प्रक्रियाओं से तैयार, विशेषकर रेशों, रबर और दवाओं के लिए।
- Synthetic fabrics dry faster than cotton.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Usage: many writers now prefer the neutral words artificial, synthetic or human-made.
Usage में आजकल कई लेखक इसकी जगह neutral शब्द artificial, synthetic या human-made पसंद करते हैं।