DICTIONARY FORMAT & SPECIAL SYMBOLS USED
The entries in the dictionary have the following format:
"English word","Grammatical category","1.Hindi meaning"
Example sentence.
For every successive Hindi meaning a new example sentence is given.
Some of the SYMBOLS used here have special information content.These
are:
/ : An oblique sign between two words shows alternative meanings
which can be treated as synonyms.
[ ] : Square brackets mean optionality in meaning, for example the
dictionary entry for the English verb 'adjoin' is:
"adjoin","V","1.×¢ÍݳèÂ~ØåÆÚ[³ÏÆÚ]"
The telegraph office adjoins the post office.
Here the bracketed word '³ÏÆÚ' is an option that can be used instead of
'ØåÆÚ' depending on the context.
{ } : Curly brackets after an entry indicate some additional relevant
information about the entry which is not captured by the Hindi
meaning entered against it.
ABBREVIATIONS OF THE GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY NAMES
Abbreviations used for category names are:
"A" Adjective
"Abbr:" Abbreviation
"Adv" Adverb
"AuxV" Auxiliary verb
"Comb form" Combination form
"Conj" Conjunct
"Det" Determiner
"IDM" Idiom
"Interj" Interjection
"Interro" Interrogative
"MV" Modal verb
"N" Noun
"Part" Particle
"PhrV" Phrasal verb
"PhrVI" Phrasal verb intransitive
"PhrVT" Phrasal verb transitive
"Pref" Prefix
"Prep" Preposition
"Pron" Pronoun
"PropN" Proper name
"Refl Pron" Reflexive pronoun
"Rel Pron" Relative pronoun
"Suffix" suffix
"V" Verb
"VI" Verb intransitive
"Vneg" Verb negation
"VT" Verb transitive
"VTI" Verb transitive, intransitive
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