grave

noun, adjective/ɡreɪv/CEFR B2

কবর, সমাধি; গুরুতর, গম্ভীর

Meaning

A place where a dead person is buried; or very serious.

Example sentences

They visited their father's grave.তারা বাবার কবর জিয়ারত করতে গেল।
The country faces a grave crisis.দেশটি এক গুরুতর সংকটের মুখে।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: serious, somber

Antonyms: trivial

Similar words, and what each means

serious
গুরুতর; গম্ভীর
Important and possibly dangerous, or not joking.
somber
গম্ভীর, বিষাদময়
Serious, sad, and without cheerfulness.

Other English words for “কবর, সমাধি; গুরুতর, গম্ভীর”

burial
The act of putting a dead body into the ground.
serious
Important and possibly dangerous, or not joking.
somber
Serious, sad, and without cheerfulness.

Opposite words

trivial
তুচ্ছ, নগণ্য, গুরুত্বহীন
Of very little importance or value.

“grave” elsewhere on EnglishBD

It means an unrestrained run of something, and the word placed in front decides the tone completely. A shopping spree is light; a crime spree or a killing spree is as grave as English gets. The lightness belongs to shopping, not to spree.
spree — dictionary →
Human trafficking is a grave crime.
trafficking — dictionary →
It is a mild criticism, and a quite separate use of the word — it describes a person making a display of their own suffering to attract sympathy. The grave sense, of someone who dies for a belief or a cause, is not in play at all.
martyr — dictionary →

Where this word is used

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“grave” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • তরল; পরিবর্তনশীল
- • বাসিন্দা; স্থায়ীভাবে বসবাসকারী
- • হালকা বাদামি রং; রোদে পোড়া ত্বকের রং
- • কবর, সমাধি; গুরুতর, গম্ভীর
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কবর, সমাধি; গুরুতর, গম্ভীর — grave (noun, adjective) — কবর, সমাধি; গুরুতর, গম্ভীর. A place where a dead person is buried; or very serious.
Which word is closest in meaning to “grave”?
- • individual
- • average
- • serious
- • fellow
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serious — serious — গুরুতর; গম্ভীর. Important and possibly dangerous, or not joking.

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