Vocabulary
Coterie
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.
Urdu meaning
حلقہ، گروہ، جتھا، ٹولی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- For now, it seems merely to be a topic of discussion within the PML-N and its coterie of legal advisers.
- I I I C l%IL-N leadership is known for concentrating powers i n i he hands of the top political office and governing i h r(>ngh a coterie of favourite bureaucrats.
- This happened in the PTI government, for instance, when a small coterie of industrial tycoons met the then army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa in October 2019, only a few months into the IMF programme which had begun in July of that year.
- This happened in the PTI government, for instance, when a small coterie of industrial tycoons met the then army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa in October 2019, only a few months into the IMF programme which had begun in July of that year.
Synonyms
clique, set, circle, inner circle, crowd, in-crowd, gang
Antonyms
loner, individualist
Curator example
“a coterie of friends and advisers”
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