🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

अचानक मुड़ना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: achanak mudna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Swerve/swɜːv/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"कार को अचानक से मुड़ना पड़ा।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To change direction abruptly, especially to avoid hitting something.

    "The driver had to swerve sharply to avoid the stray dog on the highway."
As noun
  1. 1

    An abrupt or sudden deviation from a previous course or direction.

    "A sudden swerve in the road caught the cyclist off guard."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'swerven', stemming from Old English 'sweorfan' meaning 'to rub, scrape, or wander', tracing back to Proto-Germanic *swerbaną. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a general wandering motion to specifically denote a sudden, sharp deviation from a straight course.

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