expensive
gb/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/ us/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
A2
इंग्रजी
~ 1700
अर्थ
० अर्थ
adjective
A2
property
1
costing a lot of money
Costing a lot of money.
वापर नमुना:
[something] is expensive
सामान्य चूक:
Learners sometimes confuse 'expensive' with 'valuable'; 'valuable' means worth a lot, but not necessarily costly to buy.
समानार्थी शब्द
costly (Slightly more formal; can also imply figurative cost such as effort or loss.)
|
pricey (Informal; often used in casual conversation.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
cheap (Implies low price, sometimes with the connotation of low quality.)
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inexpensive (Neutral term for low price without implying poor quality.)
सहप्रयोग
expensive car
|expensive restaurant
|expensive clothes
|expensive gift
|expensive habit
विषय
shopping
|economy
|daily life
|daily_life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
उदाहरणे
- This watch is too expensive for me to buy.
- We stayed at an expensive hotel by the beach.
- Organic food can be more expensive than regular food.
- He bought her an expensive piece of jewelry.
- Eating out every night is becoming expensive.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- The shoes are expensive.
- This phone is very expensive.
- That restaurant is expensive.
- Her dress looks expensive.
व्याकरण
शब्दकोशातील रूप
expensive
IPA
GB/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
US/ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
अक्षरविभाग आणि जोर
ex - pens - ive (३ अक्षरखंड)
Stress on 2nd syllable (pens)
शब्दरूपे
Adjective
- Base: expensive
संबंधित शब्द
Core family
expense
noun B1
expensively
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
inexpensive
adjective B1
inexpensively
adverb
Advanced or less common
expenditure
noun B2
expend
verb B2
वाक्प्रचार
at an expensive price
1/ˈæt ən ɪkspˈɛnsɪv pɹˈaɪs/
fixed phrase
paying a lot of money for something
Paying a lot of money to get something.
उदाहरणे
- He got the tickets at an expensive price because he bought them late.
- They managed to buy the house, but at an expensive price.
make [something] expensive
1/mˈeɪk sˈʌmθɪŋ ɪkspˈɛnsɪv/
fixed phrase
cause something's cost to be high
To cause the price of something to be high.
उदाहरणे
- High demand can make housing expensive in big cities.
- Import taxes make these goods expensive.
too expensive for [someone]
1/tˈu ɪkspˈɛnsɪv fɚ sˈʌmwˌʌn/
fixed phrase
cost more than someone can afford
Costing more money than someone can pay or wants to pay.
उदाहरणे
- That car is too expensive for me.
- This holiday is too expensive for most families.