Vocabulary
Compound
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
make up (a composite whole); constitute
Urdu meaning
ایک سے زیادہ چیزوں کو جوڑنا، احاطہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- Adding more veto-empowered permanent members will compound this dysfunction, not end it.
- The presidential compound was taken over by a mob.
- On Tuesday, Israeli jets struck a residential compound in Doha, targeting Hamas`s exiled leadership as they met to consider a US-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal.
- What it meant was that only the brave ones would continue down certain paths (most opened the door and walked through to the compound where awards adorn one`s resumé).
- As the crowd turned into a mob, with protesters vandalising property and causing damage around the FC compound, shots were fired at it.
Synonyms
be composed of, be made up of, be constituted of
Curator example
a smell compounded of dust and mould
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About this vocabulary section.
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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