betray
gb/bɪtɹˈeɪ/ us/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
B1
انگریزی
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معانی
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فعل
B1
action
1
Be disloyal to someone
To hurt someone who trusts you by not being loyal or by helping their enemy.
استعمال کا انداز:
to betray [someone/something]
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'betray' with 'deceive'. 'Betray' usually involves breaking trust, while 'deceive' means to make someone believe something untrue.
ہم معنی الفاظ
deceive (Implies misleading someone, but not always involving disloyalty to a trust.)
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double-cross (Informal; stresses cheating someone after pretending to be loyal.)
متضاد الفاظ
support (Means to help or stand by someone, the opposite of acting against them.)
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stand by (Means to remain loyal to someone in difficulty.)
لفظی تراکیب
betray a friend
|betray a trust
|betray one's country
|betray a confidence
موضوعات
relationships
|emotions
|conflict
|law
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- She betrayed her best friend by sharing his secret.
- The spy betrayed his country for money.
- I can't believe you would betray me after all we've been through.
- He felt betrayed when she sided with his rival.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- He betrayed his friend to the police.
- She betrayed me when she told my secret.
- The soldier betrayed his country.
- I will never betray you.
فعل
B2
action
2
Reveal unintentionally
To show a feeling or fact without meaning to.
استعمال کا انداز:
to betray [emotion/feature]
عام غلطی:
Learners may think 'betray' here always means 'to be disloyal', but in this sense it means to accidentally show something hidden.
ہم معنی الفاظ
reveal (General term for making something known, intentionally or not.)
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give away (Informal; implies exposing something secret or hidden.)
متضاد الفاظ
conceal (Means to hide something so it is not seen or known.)
لفظی تراکیب
betray nervousness
|betray ignorance
|betray one's feelings
موضوعات
communication
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- Her trembling hands betrayed her fear.
- His voice betrayed his nervousness during the interview.
- The look on his face betrayed his disappointment.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- Her eyes betrayed her sadness.
- His smile betrayed his true feelings.
- The shaking of his hands betrayed his fear.
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GB/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
US/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
ہجا بندی اور زور
be - tray (2 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tray)
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Verb
- Base: betray
- 3rd Person Singular: betrays
- Present Participle: betraying
- Past: betrayed
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
betrays
verb
betraying
verb
betrayed
verb
Core family
betrayal
noun B2
Related words
betrayer
noun
عبارات
betray a confidence
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ ə kˈɑnfədəns/
fixed phrase
Reveal private information
To tell someone a secret that was told to you in private.
مثالیں
- She betrayed a confidence by telling the press about their conversation.
- I would never betray a confidence, no matter what.
betray someone's trust
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ sˈʌmwˌʌnz tɹˈʌst/
fixed phrase
Break someone's confidence
To do something that makes someone stop trusting you.
مثالیں
- He betrayed my trust when he lied about the money.
- You should never betray a child's trust.