waste
gb/wˈeɪst/ us/wˈeɪst/
A2
انگریزی
~ 2700
معانی
0 معانی
اسم
A2
entity
1
Unwanted or unusable material
Things that are not wanted and are thrown away.
استعمال کا انداز:
[something] is waste
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (unwanted material) with 'waste' (to use carelessly). Context helps to distinguish them.
ہم معنی الفاظ
garbage (More common in North American English for household waste; less formal.)
متضاد الفاظ
resource (Something useful or valuable, the opposite of unwanted material.)
لفظی تراکیب
waste disposal
|waste management
|reduce waste
|waste collection
|hazardous waste
موضوعات
environment
|daily life
|business
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- The factory produces a lot of chemical waste.
- Please put your food waste in the compost bin.
- Electronic waste is a growing environmental problem.
- They are finding new ways to recycle plastic waste.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- The bin is full of waste.
- We must not throw waste in the street.
- This machine reduces food waste.
- They burn the waste at the plant.
فعل
A2
action
2
Use carelessly or without benefit
To use something in a bad way so that it is lost.
استعمال کا انداز:
to waste [something] on [something/someone]
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (to use badly) with 'spend' (neutral). 'Spend' is not always negative.
ہم معنی الفاظ
squander (More formal and often used for money or opportunities.)
متضاد الفاظ
conserve (To use something carefully so it lasts longer.)
لفظی تراکیب
waste time
|waste money
|waste resources
|waste energy
موضوعات
daily life
|business
|core_vocabulary
|finance
مثالیں
- Don't waste your time arguing with him.
- She wasted a lot of money on clothes she never wore.
- We can't afford to waste energy during the winter.
- He wasted his talent on a job he hated.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- Don't waste water when you wash dishes.
- She wasted all her money on toys.
- We waste too much paper at school.
- He wasted his chance to win.
اسم
A2
action
3
Unnecessary use of something valuable
When something valuable is used in a bad way and lost.
عام غلطی:
Learners may confuse this noun sense with the physical-material noun sense; here it is about the act, not the object.
ہم معنی الفاظ
misuse (Focuses more on wrong or improper use rather than simply careless loss.)
متضاد الفاظ
efficient use (Using something in the best possible way.)
لفظی تراکیب
a waste of time
|a waste of money
|a complete waste
موضوعات
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|finance
مثالیں
- It would be a waste of time to try again.
- Throwing away good food is such a waste.
- The meeting was a total waste of resources.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- The trip was a waste of money.
- This game is a waste of time.
- Selling the car now is a waste.
adjective
B2
state
4
Thin and weak from illness or hunger
Very thin and weak because of being sick or not having enough food.
ہم معنی الفاظ
emaciated (More formal and medical term for extremely thin due to illness.)
متضاد الفاظ
healthy (Having good health and normal strength.)
لفظی تراکیب
waste body
|waste appearance
موضوعات
health
|body
مثالیں
- The patient looked pale and wasted after months in bed.
- He was wasted by the long illness.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- She looks wasted after the sickness.
- He became wasted from hunger.
- The old man was wasted by disease.
گرامر
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IPA
GB/wˈeɪst/
US/wˈeɪst/
ہجا بندی اور زور
waste (1 ہجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (waste)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Adjective
- Base: waste
Noun
- Base: waste
- Plural: waste, wastes
Verb
- Base: waste
- 3rd Person Singular: wastes
- Present Participle: wasting
- Past: wasted
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
wastes
noun
wasting
verb
wasted
verb
Core family
wasteful
adjective B2
Related words
wastefully
adverb
wastefulness
noun
Advanced or less common
wastage
noun
عبارات
a waste of space
1/ə wˈeɪst əv spˈeɪs/
idiom
informal
Useless person or thing
Someone or something that is useless and takes up space.
مثالیں
- That broken printer is just a waste of space.
- He's such a waste of space—he never helps with anything.
go to waste
1/ɡˈoʊ tə wˈeɪst/
idiom
Be unused and spoiled/lost
To not be used and therefore be lost or ruined.
مثالیں
- Don't let those apples go to waste—make a pie!
- His skills went to waste in that boring job.
lay waste to
1/lˈeɪ wˈeɪst tə/
idiom
literary
Destroy completely; devastate
To completely destroy something so that nothing is left.
مثالیں
- The hurricane laid waste to the coastal towns.
- The army laid waste to the enemy's land.
waste away
1/wˈeɪst əwˈeɪ/
phrasal verb
Become thin and weak from illness/hunger
To slowly become very thin and weak because of sickness or lack of food.
مثالیں
- She wasted away after months in hospital.
- The dog was wasting away when they found it.