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शब्द आवृत्ति

sacrifice

(sækrɪfaɪs )

शब्द प्रारूप:plural, 3rd person singular present tense sacrifices , present participle sacrificing , past tense, past participle sacrificed

1. क्रिया

If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people.

They sacrificed family life to their careers. [V n + to/for]

Her pride was a small thing to sacrifice for their children's security. [V to/for n]

Kitty Aldridge has sacrificed all for her first film. [VERB noun]

He sacrificed himself and so saved his country. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]

समानार्थी शब्द:give up, abandon, relinquish, lose sacrifice के अधिक समानार्थी

Sacrifice is also a noun.

She made many sacrifices to get Anita a good education.

He was willing to make any sacrifice for peace.

2. See also self-sacrifice

3. क्रिया

To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god.

The priest sacrificed a chicken. [VERB noun]

Two white bulls were sacrificed and a feast was held. [VERB noun]

[Also V n to n]

समानार्थी शब्द:offer, slaughter, offer up, immolate [literary] sacrifice के अधिक समानार्थी

Sacrifice is also a noun.

...animal sacrifices to the gods. [+ to]

sacrifice के अधिक समानार्थी

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शब्द आवृत्ति

sacrifice in American

(ˈsækrəˌfaɪs ; sakˈrəfīsˌ)

संज्ञा

the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity

something so offered

the act of giving up, destroying, permitting injury to, or forgoing something valued for the sake of something having a more pressing claim

a thing so given up, etc.

a selling or giving up of something at less than its supposed value

the loss incurred

4. US, Baseball

a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly

सकर्मक क्रियाशब्द प्रारूप:ˈsacriˌficed or ˈsacriˌficing

to offer as a sacrifice to God or a god

to give up, destroy, permit injury to, or forgo (something valued) for the sake of something having a more pressing claim

to sell at less than the supposed value

8. US, Baseball

to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice

अकर्मक क्रिया

to offer or make a sacrifice

10. US, Baseball

to execute a sacrifice

व्युत्पन्न प्रारुप

sacrificer (ˈsacriˌficer)

संज्ञा

sacrifice के शब्द मूल

OFr < L sacrificium < sacer, sacred + facere, to make, do1

शब्द आवृत्ति

sacrifice in British

(ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs )

संज्ञा

a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil

a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity

a symbolic offering of something to a deity

the person, animal, or object surrendered, destroyed, killed, or offered

a religious ceremony involving one or more sacrifices

loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

7. chess

the act or an instance of sacrificing a piece

क्रिया

to make a sacrifice (of); give up, surrender, or destroy (a person, thing, etc)

9. chess

to permit or force one's opponent to capture (a piece) freely, as in playing a combination or gambit

he sacrificed his queen and checkmated his opponent on the next move

व्युत्पन्न प्रारुप

sacrificeable (ˈsacriˌficeable)

विशेषण

sacrificer (ˈsacriˌficer)

संज्ञा

sacrifice के शब्द मूल

C13: via Old French from Latin sacrificium, from sacer holy + facere to make

sacrifice युक्त उदाहरण वाक्य

ये उदाहरण स्वचालित रूप से चुने गए हैं और इसमें संवेदनशील सामग्री हो सकती है अधिक पढ़ें…

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