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rocket

/ˈrɒkɪt/noun

उच्चारण रॉकिट

रॉकेट, प्रक्षेपास्त्र

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a spacecraft in the shape of a tube that is driven by a stream of gases let out behind it when fuel is burned inside; a missile; a firework that goes high into the air and then explodes

    रॉकेट, प्रक्षेपास्त्र

    • The rocket was launched from Sriharikota.
    • The rocket carried a satellite into orbit.
    • Children watched the rocket light up the night sky during the festival.
    + 1 more example
    • Engineers tested the rocket engine for several hours.

    Synonyms spacecraft missile projectile launch vehicle firework

verb
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    [I]

    to increase very quickly and suddenly; to move very fast

    तेज़ी से बढ़ना

    • Prices rocketed after the floods.
    • House prices have rocketed in the last few years.
    • The singer's career rocketed after her first hit.
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    • The ball rocketed into the top corner of the net.

    Synonyms soar shoot up skyrocket rise rapidly spiral

    Opposite plummet plunge fall

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

spacecraft missile projectile launch vehicle firework soar shoot up skyrocket rise rapidly spiral

Antonyms

plummet plunge fall

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

It's not rocket science (it is not difficult to understand), rocket scientist (a very intelligent person), skyrocket (rise very quickly).

Idioms: it's not rocket science (समझने में कठिन नहीं है), rocket scientist (बहुत बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति), skyrocket (बहुत तेज़ी से बढ़ना, आसमान छूना)।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

ISRO launches rockets from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh); India's launch vehicles are the PSLV, GSLV and LVM3; the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (Kerala) saw India's first rocket launch (1963); Dr APJ Abdul Kalam is called the 'Missile Man of India'.

ISRO सतीश धवन अंतरिक्ष केंद्र, श्रीहरिकोटा (आंध्र प्रदेश) से रॉकेट प्रक्षेपित करता है; भारत के प्रक्षेपण यान PSLV, GSLV और LVM3 हैं; थुंबा भूमध्यरेखीय रॉकेट प्रक्षेपण केंद्र (केरल) से भारत का पहला रॉकेट प्रक्षेपण हुआ (1963); डॉ. एपीजे अब्दुल कलाम को 'भारत का मिसाइल मैन' कहा जाता है।

Science: rockets work on Newton's third law of motion.

विज्ञान में रॉकेट न्यूटन के गति के तीसरे नियम पर काम करते हैं।