prose
/prəʊz/noun
उच्चारण प्रोज़
गद्य
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writing that is not poetry
गद्य
- Premchand wrote beautiful prose.
- The writer's prose is simple, clear and a pleasure to read.
- Students were asked to turn the poem into simple prose.
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- Her prose is clear, and even difficult ideas are easy to follow.
- The anthology contains both poetry and prose from the nineteenth century.
Synonyms text writing fiction non-fiction
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
prose (uncountable noun)
Prose is uncountable; it names ordinary written language and has no plural form.
'Prose' uncountable noun है; यह सामान्य लिखित भाषा का नाम है और इसका plural रूप नहीं होता।
- The novel is written in simple prose.
- She writes both poetry and prose.
prose + noun
Prose often works as a modifier before nouns such as style, passage, writer or work.
'Prose' अक्सर style, passage, writer या work जैसे noun से पहले आकर विशेषण का काम करता है।
- Stage two of the paper has a prose passage for comprehension.
in prose / in verse
Use in prose when a work is not poetry, and in verse when it is.
जब रचना कविता न हो तब 'in prose' और जब कविता हो तब 'in verse' प्रयुक्त होता है।
- The story was first told in prose and later retold in verse.
prose + of + writer
You can speak of the prose of a writer to talk about the quality of that person's style.
किसी लेखक की शैली के गुण बताने के लिए 'the prose of' का प्रयोग किया जा सकता है।
- The prose of Premchand is simple and moving.
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adjective + prose
clearsimpleelegantplainflowing
- The editor praised her elegant prose.
prose + noun
stylewriterpassagetranslationpoem
- The prose writer won the state award.
verb + prose
writereadtranslateturn intoteach
- Please turn the poem into prose.
prose + contrast
prose and poetryprose or verseprose fictionprose work
- He is better known for his prose fiction than his poems.
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- Our textbook has three units of prose and two of poetry.
हमारी पाठ्यपुस्तक में गद्य की तीन इकाइयाँ और पद्य की दो इकाइयाँ हैं।
- The speech was written in plain prose that everyone could follow.
भाषण सरल गद्य में लिखा गया था जिसे हर कोई समझ सकता था।
- Radhika's prose is clear, and her essays are easy to read.
राधिका का गद्य स्पष्ट है और उसके निबंध पढ़ने में आसान हैं।
- The paragraph was dull, ordinary prose without a single image.
वह अनुच्छेद नीरस, साधारण गद्य था जिसमें एक भी बिंब नहीं था।
- Many classic Hindi stories were first published as prose in magazines.
हिंदी की अनेक क्लासिक कहानियाँ पहले पत्रिकाओं में गद्य के रूप में छपी थीं।
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✗ She has written many proses.
✓ She has written a lot of prose.
Prose is uncountable, so it cannot take plural s.
'Prose' uncountable है, इसलिए इसमें plural s नहीं लगता।
✗ He wrote the story in a prose.
✓ He wrote the story in prose.
Do not use a article before uncountable prose after in.
'Prose' uncountable है, इसलिए 'in' के बाद इससे पहले article 'a' नहीं लगता।
✗ I prefer reading prose than poetry.
✓ I prefer reading prose to poetry.
Prefer is followed by to, not than.
'Prefer' के बाद 'to' आता है, 'than' नहीं।
◇Word family
?Which word?
Homophone: prose (writing that is not poetry) and pros (advantages, as in 'pros and cons').
Homophone: prose (गद्य) और pros (लाभ, 'pros and cons' की तरह)।
§Grammar and usage
The adjective prosaic means ordinary and dull ('a prosaic job'), not 'connected with prose'.
Adjective prosaic का अर्थ साधारण और नीरस है ('a prosaic job'), 'गद्य से संबंधित' नहीं।
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General knowledge
Literature: the main forms of prose are the novel, short story, essay and biography; the main forms of poetry are the sonnet, ode, elegy and epic.
साहित्य में गद्य के मुख्य रूप उपन्यास, कहानी, निबंध और जीवनी हैं; पद्य के मुख्य रूप sonnet, ode, elegy और epic हैं।