pedestrian
/pəˈdestriən/noun
उच्चारण पडेस्ट्रिअन
पैदल चलने वाला, राहगीर
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Asked in previous papers
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SSC Selection Post Phase 13 2025SSC Exams 2018- 1
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a person walking in the street rather than travelling in a vehicle
पैदल चलने वाला, राहगीर
- The footpath is for pedestrians, not for parking.
- Three pedestrians were injured in the accident.
- A pedestrian was knocked down at the crossing.
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- Pedestrians should use the footbridge to cross the highway.
- Many pedestrians hurried through the rain to the station.
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[only before noun]
for or connected with people who are walking
पैदल यात्रियों के लिए
- a pedestrian crossing
- a pedestrian zone in the old market
- A pedestrian bridge connects the two platforms.
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- The city has made the old market a pedestrian street.
- Pedestrian traffic is heavy on the road outside the school.
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disapproving
ordinary and not interesting or exciting
नीरस, साधारण, जिसमें कोई खास बात न हो
- a pedestrian speech that put the audience to sleep
- The film was pedestrian, with a predictable plot.
- The novel's pedestrian style made it a slow read.
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- His pedestrian answers earned only average marks.
- The food was pedestrian and quickly forgotten.
Synonyms dull unimaginative mundane
Opposite inspired imaginative exciting
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
pedestrian (noun) + crossing / subway
Pedestrian as a noun names the person, and it forms common compounds for crossings and routes.
Noun के रूप में 'pedestrian' पैदल चलने वाले को बताता है और crossing तथा मार्ग के compound बनाता है।
- A pedestrian was injured near the zebra crossing.
- Use the pedestrian subway to cross the road.
pedestrian (adjective) = for walkers
Before a noun it means for people on foot.
Noun से पहले इसका अर्थ 'पैदल चलने वालों के लिए' है।
- The pedestrian bridge was opened last week.
pedestrian (adjective) = dull
In a figurative sense it means ordinary and uninteresting, and it is critical.
आलंकारिक अर्थ में इसका अर्थ साधारण और नीरस है, और यह आलोचनात्मक होता है।
- His speech was pedestrian and full of old ideas.
pedestrians (plural, as a group)
The plural is common in traffic rules, and the verb agrees with it.
Traffic नियमों में बहुवचन आम है, और verb उसके अनुसार plural होती है।
- Pedestrians are advised to use the footpath.
+Collocations 4
pedestrian + noun
crossingbridgezoneprecinctstreetfootpath
- The old market is now a pedestrian zone.
adjective + pedestrian
carelesselderlyinjuredblindbusy
- An elderly pedestrian was helped across the road.
verb + pedestrian
knock downwarnprotecthitgive way to
- Drivers must give way to pedestrians at the crossing.
pedestrian (dull) + noun
proseperformancestyleattemptfilm
- The critic called the film pedestrian.
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- The government has built a pedestrian bridge near the station.
सरकार ने स्टेशन के पास पैदल पार-पथ बनाया है।
- Radhika waited for the signal before crossing as a pedestrian.
राधिका पैदल यात्री के रूप में सड़क पार करने से पहले सिग्नल की प्रतीक्षा करती रही।
- Pedestrians have no safe path on this road.
इस सड़क पर पैदल यात्रियों के लिए सुरक्षित रास्ता नहीं है।
- The novel was criticised for its pedestrian plot.
उपन्यास की नीरस कथा के लिए उसकी आलोचना हुई।
- Cars are banned from the pedestrian street on festival days.
उत्सवों के दिनों में पैदल यात्रियों की गली में कारें प्रतिबंधित रहती हैं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The pedestrian was hit by a car while crossing on the road.
✓ The pedestrian was hit by a car while crossing the road.
Cross is a transitive verb and takes no preposition before the object.
'Cross' सकर्मक क्रिया है और इसके object से पहले preposition नहीं आता।
✗ Pedestrian should walk on the footpath.
✓ Pedestrians should walk on the footpath.
A countable singular noun needs an article or a plural form.
Countable singular noun के साथ article या plural रूप आवश्यक है।
✗ He goes to the office by foot.
✓ He goes to the office on foot.
The fixed phrase is on foot; by is used for vehicles.
स्थिर वाक्यांश 'on foot' है; 'by' वाहनों के साथ आता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
walker passer-by dull unimaginative mundane
Antonyms
driver motorist rider inspired imaginative exciting
AaSpelling
pe·des·tri·an
§Grammar and usage
The adjective sense 'dull' is tested in synonym questions: pedestrian means commonplace.
Adjective अर्थ 'नीरस' synonym प्रश्नों में पूछा जाता है: pedestrian यानी commonplace।
⌂Word origin and word building
Ped- means foot: pedal, pedicure, centipede, biped, quadruped.
Ped- का अर्थ पैर है: pedal, pedicure, centipede, biped, quadruped।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who goes on foot.
'पैदल चलने वाला' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।