ordinary
/ˈɔːdnri/adjective
उच्चारण ऑर्ड्न्री
साधारण, सामान्य
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normal; not unusual or different from others
साधारण, सामान्य
- It was just an ordinary Monday.
- ordinary people like you and me
- It was an ordinary day until the phone rang.
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- Radhika comes from an ordinary family in a small town.
- The shop sells ordinary rice at a low price, as well as basmati.
Opposite extraordinary exceptional unusual
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ordinary + noun
Ordinary goes before the noun and means normal or not special in any way. It is the opposite of extraordinary.
'Ordinary' संज्ञा से पहले आता है और सामान्य या किसी भी प्रकार से विशेष न होने का अर्थ देता है; यह extraordinary का विलोम है।
- Radhika wore ordinary clothes to the function.
ordinary people / ordinary citizens
This phrase refers to common men and women, as opposed to rulers, experts and celebrities.
यह वाक्यांश शासकों, विशेषज्ञों और प्रसिद्ध व्यक्तियों के विपरीत आम स्त्री-पुरुषों को बताता है।
- Ordinary people were affected by the price rise.
out of the ordinary / nothing out of the ordinary
These expressions point to something unusual. The fixed phrase takes the, and ordinary becomes a noun here.
ये अभिव्यक्तियाँ किसी असामान्य बात की ओर संकेत करती हैं; स्थिर वाक्यांश में 'the' आता है और 'ordinary' यहाँ संज्ञा बन जाता है।
- Nothing out of the ordinary happened in class.
in the ordinary way / ordinary course
These phrases mean as things normally happen, and are used in formal and legal writing.
ये वाक्यांश 'जैसा सामान्यतः होता है' का अर्थ देते हैं और औपचारिक तथा कानूनी लेखन में प्रयुक्त होते हैं।
- In the ordinary course of events, the bus comes at eight.
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ordinary + noun
peoplecitizendaylifemeetingstudent
- An ordinary citizen has the right to vote.
सामान्य व्यक्ति और घटनाओं के लिए ये संज्ञाएँ आती हैं।
adverb + ordinary
perfectlyquitefairlyrathervery
- It was a perfectly ordinary Monday.
ordinary + noun (official)
sharememberpostmailincomeseaman
- He sent the letter by ordinary post.
far from ordinary
far from ordinaryanything but ordinaryno ordinarynot at all ordinary
- Her talent is anything but ordinary.
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- He comes from an ordinary family in Bihar.
वह बिहार के एक साधारण परिवार से आता है।
- The shop sells both ordinary and premium rice.
दुकान साधारण और उत्तम दोनों प्रकार के चावल बेचती है।
- It was just an ordinary train journey.
वह तो केवल एक सामान्य ट्रेन यात्रा थी।
- Her marks were not extraordinary, only ordinary.
उसके अंक असाधारण नहीं, केवल साधारण थे।
- He was no ordinary teacher; he taught us how to think.
वह कोई साधारण शिक्षक नहीं थे; उन्होंने हमें सोचना सिखाया।
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✗ He is a ordinary man.
✓ He is an ordinary man.
Ordinary begins with a vowel sound, so the article must be an.
'Ordinary' स्वर ध्वनि से शुरू होता है, इसलिए article 'an' होना चाहिए।
✗ Today is ordinary day.
✓ Today is an ordinary day.
A singular countable noun like day needs an article, here an.
Day जैसी singular गणनीय संज्ञा से पहले article चाहिए, यहाँ 'an'।
✗ She wore an ordinarily dress.
✓ She wore an ordinary dress.
Before a noun we need the adjective ordinary, not the adverb ordinarily.
संज्ञा से पहले adjective 'ordinary' चाहिए, adverb 'ordinarily' नहीं।
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Ordinary, common and average all mean not special, but they stress different things.
Ordinary, common और average का अर्थ विशेष न होना है, पर इनका बल अलग है।
Normal, with nothing special about it.
सामान्य, जिसमें कुछ विशेष नहीं।
- It was an ordinary day.
Found often or shared by many.
अक्सर पाया जाने वाला या बहुतों में साझा।
- Colds are common in winter.
At the usual level; neither high nor low.
सामान्य स्तर का; न ऊँचा, न नीचा।
- The average score was fifty.
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out of the ordinary
unusual or different
असाधारण, आम से हटकर
- Nothing out of the ordinary happened that day.