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omniscient

/ɒmˈnɪsiənt/adjective

उच्चारण ऑम्निसिअन्ट

सर्वज्ञ, सब कुछ जानने वाला

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Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC CGL Pre 2024SSC Exams before 2018
adjective
  1. 1

    formal

    knowing everything

    सर्वज्ञ, सब कुछ जानने वाला

    • an omniscient god
    • The novel has an omniscient narrator who knows every character's thoughts.
    • No teacher is omniscient, so it is fine to say 'I don't know'.
    + 2 more examples
    • Many religions describe their god as omniscient and all-powerful.
    • The omniscient narrator tells us what each character secretly feels.

    Synonyms all-knowing all-seeing all-wise infinitely wise

    Opposite ignorant unaware limited

◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

all-knowing all-seeing all-wise infinitely wise

Antonyms

ignorant unaware limited

AaSpelling

om·nis·cient

With -sc- and -ient (not 'omniscent' or 'omnicient').

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: om-nis-cient, -sc- और अंत में -ient ('omniscent' या 'omnicient' गलत है)।

⌂Word origin and word building

Omni- means all, sciens means knowing (as in science).

Omni- का अर्थ सब, sciens का अर्थ जानना (science की तरह)।

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: one who knows everything is omniscient; who is present everywhere omnipresent; who is all-powerful omnipotent; who eats everything omnivorous.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: जो सब कुछ जाने omniscient; जो हर जगह हो omnipresent; जो सर्वशक्तिमान हो omnipotent; जो सब कुछ खाए omnivorous।