🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गलती

Pronunciation / Transliteration: galti

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blunder/ˈblʌn.dər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसने प्रस्तुति के दौरान एक गलती की।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A careless or stupid mistake.

    "He made a blunder during the presentation that cost him the deal."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make a careless mistake.

    "She blundered when she forgot to save her work."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'blunder' originates from the Middle English 'blunderen', which is of uncertain origin, possibly related to the Old Norse 'blundra', meaning to stumble or to make a mistake. Over time, it evolved to encompass both the act of making a mistake and the mistake itself.

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