key - Meaning in Hindi

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key - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of key in English

key adjective

1. serving as an essential component

   एक अनिवार्य घटक के रूप में काम करना

   Synonyms

   cardinal, cardinal, central, fundamental, primal

   आधारभूत, प्रधान, प्रमुख, बुनियादी, मुख्य, मूल, मूलभूत, मौलिक

   Examples

   • "a cardinal rule"
   • "an example that was fundamental to the argument"
   • "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
   • "the central cause of the problem"

Key noun

1. United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

   Synonyms

   Francis Scott Key, Key, Key

key noun

1. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

   Synonyms

   paint

   Examples

   • "he dominates play in the paint"
   • "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"
2. a kilogram of a narcotic drug

   Example

   • "they were carrying two keys of heroin"
3. a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

   Synonyms

   key fruit, samara, samara

4. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

   Synonyms

   Florida key, cay

5. metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

6. any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

   Synonyms

   tonality

7. a list of answers to a test

   Example

   • "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"
8. a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

9. a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

   Example

   • "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"
10. something crucial for explaining

    Example

    • "the key to development is economic integration"
11. pitch of the voice

    Example

    • "he spoke in a low key"
12. mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

    Synonyms

    winder, winder

13. the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

    Synonyms

    headstone, keystone

14. a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

key verb

1. harmonize with or adjust to

   Example

   • "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"
2. regulate the musical pitch of
3. identify as in botany or biology, for example

   Synonyms

   describe, discover, distinguish, identify, identify, key out, name, name

4. vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

   Example

   • "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
5. provide with a key

   Example

   • "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"

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