widower
/ˈwɪdəʊə(r)/noun
उच्चारण विडोअर
विधुर
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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a man whose wife has died and who has not married again
विधुर
- He has been a widower for ten years.
- The widower raised his three children alone.
- The elderly widower lives alone in a small house near the temple.
+ 2 more examples
- As a widower, he took on both his own and his late wife's duties.
- The neighbours often invited the widower for festival meals.
Opposite widow
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a widower (noun) and its pair widow
A widower is a man whose wife has died, and a widow is a woman whose husband has died.
Widower वह पुरुष है जिसकी पत्नी मर चुकी है, और widow वह स्त्री है जिसका पति मर चुका है।
- Radhika's uncle became a widower at fifty.
- The widow and the widower met at the library.
become / be left a widower
Use a with widower after become, be left or remain, since it is a countable noun.
Become, be left या remain के बाद widower के साथ a लगता है, क्योंकि यह countable noun है।
- He was left a widower with two young children.
the widower of + wife's name
To name the dead wife, use the widower of.
मृत पत्नी का नाम बताने के लिए 'the widower of' का प्रयोग होता है।
- He is the widower of the late Dr Meera Rao.
widowed (adjective and verb form)
Widowed describes either sex; be widowed is the usual verb phrase, and it is not used in the active.
Widowed दोनों लिंगों के लिए आता है; 'be widowed' सामान्य verb phrase है, और यह active में प्रयुक्त नहीं होता।
- He was widowed in 2020 and has lived alone since.
+Collocations 4
adjective + widower
elderlylonelyyoungretiredgrieving
- The elderly widower lives near the temple in the old town.
verb + widower
becomeremainbe leftmarry aslive as
- He remained a widower for twenty years after her death.
widower + noun
pensionfatherremarriagestatus
- The widower father raised his daughters with great care.
pair phrase
widows and widowerswidower or widowa widower with children
- Support was offered to widows and widowers in the district.
“More examples 6
- The old widower walks in the park every morning with his walking stick.
बूढ़े विधुर हर सुबह छड़ी लेकर पार्क में टहलते हैं।
- She cared for her father after he became a widower.
पिता के विधुर हो जाने के बाद उसने उनकी देखभाल की।
- The novel tells the story of a widower and his young daughter.
उपन्यास एक विधुर और उसकी छोटी बेटी की कहानी कहता है।
- As a widower he had to manage both the house and the shop.
विधुर होने के कारण उसे घर और दुकान दोनों सँभालने पड़े।
- The widower was invited to light the lamp at the ceremony.
समारोह में विधुर को दीप जलाने के लिए आमंत्रित किया गया।
- Her uncle, a widower for ten years, still lights a lamp every evening in memory of his wife.
उसके चाचा, दस वर्ष से विधुर, आज भी पत्नी की याद में हर शाम दीया जलाते हैं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ My grandfather is a widow.
✓ My grandfather is a widower.
Widow is a woman; for a man, use widower.
Widow स्त्री होती है; पुरुष के लिए widower का प्रयोग करें।
✗ He became widower at forty.
✓ He became a widower at forty.
Widower is countable and needs a.
Widower countable है और इसके साथ a आवश्यक है।
✗ He is the widower from late Mrs Rao.
✓ He is the widower of the late Mrs Rao.
Use of, not from, to name the wife who has died.
मृत पत्नी का नाम बताने के लिए of आता है, from नहीं।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Antonyms
AaSpelling
wid·ow·er
§Grammar and usage
Gender pair: widow and widower is one of the rare pairs where the male word is formed from the female word (also bride and bridegroom).
लिंग जोड़ी: widow और widower उन दुर्लभ जोड़ियों में है जहाँ पुल्लिंग शब्द स्त्रीलिंग से बनता है (bride और bridegroom भी)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a man whose wife has died is a widower; a woman whose husband has died a widow; a man who has never married a bachelor; a woman a spinster; a person whose marriage has ended legally divorcee.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: जिस पुरुष की पत्नी मर गई हो widower (विधुर); जिस स्त्री का पति मर गया हो widow (विधवा); कभी विवाह न करने वाला पुरुष bachelor; स्त्री spinster; जिसका विवाह कानूनी रूप से समाप्त हुआ हो divorcee।