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noise

/nɔɪz/noun

उच्चारण नॉइज़

शोर, आवाज़

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noun
  1. 1

    [U, C]

    a sound, especially one that is loud, unpleasant or disturbing

    शोर, आवाज़

    • The noise of the traffic kept me awake.
    • I heard a strange noise upstairs.
    • Please don't make so much noise in the library.
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    • The noise from the building site gave me a headache.
    • What was that noise outside the window?

    Synonyms sound din racket

    Opposite silence quiet hush

  2. 2

    [U] technical

    unwanted signals that disturb a radio, television or electronic signal

    (संकेत में) बाधा, व्यवधान

    • background noise on the line
    • There was too much noise on the radio to hear the match.
    • Digital filters remove noise from recordings.
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    • The phone line was full of noise, so I could not hear him.
    • Engineers worked to reduce noise in the signal.

    Synonyms interference static

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

noise (uncountable) vs a noise (countable)

Noise with no article means unpleasant sound in general; a noise means one particular sound that you hear.

बिना article के 'noise' का अर्थ सामान्य अप्रिय ध्वनि है; 'a noise' का अर्थ कोई एक विशेष आवाज़ है।

  • There was too much noise in the hall.
  • I heard a strange noise from the kitchen.

make a noise / make noise

Use make with noise for producing sound; a noise is one sound and noise alone is general loudness.

आवाज़ करने के लिए 'noise' के साथ make आता है; 'a noise' एक आवाज़ और 'noise' सामान्य शोर बताता है।

  • Please do not make noise; the baby is asleep.
  • The engine began to make a rattling noise.

noise from / noise of

Use from for the source and of for the sound itself or its type.

स्रोत बताने के लिए 'from' और ध्वनि का प्रकार बताने के लिए 'of' आता है।

  • The noise from the road kept me awake.
  • We heard the noise of firecrackers.

noise pollution / noise level

Noise often forms compound nouns for the harm caused or the amount of sound measured.

'Noise' के साथ अक्सर compound noun बनते हैं, जो हानि या ध्वनि की मात्रा बताते हैं।

  • Noise pollution is high near airports.
  • The noise level exceeded the legal limit.
+Collocations 4

adjective + noise

louddeafeningfaintbackgroundconstantstrange

  • The deafening noise of the generator gave me a headache.

verb + noise

makehearcausereducedrown out

  • The band tried to drown out the noise of the crowd.

noise + noun

pollutionlevelbarriercomplaintlimit

  • The court set a noise limit for loudspeakers after 10 p.m.

noise + preposition

noise fromnoise ofnoise aboutnoise under

  • There was a lot of noise about the new rule, but nothing changed.
“More examples 5
  • The children made so much noise that the neighbours complained.

बच्चों ने इतना शोर मचाया कि पड़ोसियों ने शिकायत की।

  • Radhika studies at night because the noise stops after eleven.

राधिका रात में पढ़ती है क्योंकि ग्यारह बजे के बाद शोर थम जाता है।

  • There was a clicking noise from the old fan.

पुराने पंखे से खटखट की आवाज़ आ रही थी।

  • Wedding processions cause noise pollution in narrow lanes.

शादी की बारातें तंग गलियों में ध्वनि प्रदूषण करती हैं।

  • There was so much noise on the radio that I could not hear the news.

रेडियो पर इतना व्यवधान था कि मैं समाचार नहीं सुन सका।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ Don't do noise in the library.

✓ Don't make a noise in the library.

Noise is made, not done; Hindi 'shor karna' should become make a noise.

शोर 'make' किया जाता है, 'do' नहीं; हिंदी 'शोर करना' का अंग्रेज़ी रूप 'make a noise' है।

✗ Too many noises disturbed the exam.

✓ Too much noise disturbed the exam.

Noise in the general sense is uncountable, so use much, not many.

सामान्य अर्थ में 'noise' uncountable है, इसलिए 'much' आता है, 'many' नहीं।

✗ There was a noise pollution near the school.

✓ There was noise pollution near the school.

Noise pollution is an uncountable compound and takes no article.

'Noise pollution' uncountable compound है और इसके साथ article नहीं आता।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

All three name things we hear, but they differ in how pleasant and how loud the sound is.

तीनों सुनाई देने वाली चीज़ों के नाम हैं, पर ध्वनि कितनी सुखद और तेज़ है, इसमें अंतर है।

noise

Sound that is loud or unpleasant.

तेज़ या अप्रिय ध्वनि।

  • The traffic noise woke me up.

sound

The general word for anything that can be heard.

जो कुछ सुना जा सके, उसके लिए सामान्य शब्द।

  • I love the sound of rain.

din

A very loud and continuous noise that is hard to bear.

बहुत तेज़ और लगातार शोर, जिसे सहना कठिन हो।

  • We could not talk in the din of the market.
Idioms 1

make a noise (about sth)

to complain loudly

(किसी बात पर) शोर मचाना, ज़ोरदार शिकायत करना

  • Parents made a lot of noise about the fee increase.
◇Word family
noisy adj.noisily adv.noiseless adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

noise, sound and voice

Sound is anything you can hear. Noise is a loud or unpleasant sound. Voice is the sound produced by a person speaking or singing. 'The sound of rain', 'the noise of trucks', 'a sweet voice'.

Sound हर वह चीज़ है जो सुनी जा सके। Noise तेज़ या अप्रिय आवाज़ है। Voice व्यक्ति के बोलने या गाने की आवाज़ है। 'The sound of rain', 'the noise of trucks', 'a sweet voice'।

The noise/sound/voice set is a sentence-improvement item.

Sentence improvement में noise, sound और voice का अंतर पूछा जाता है।