Vocabulary
Cultivate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
try to win the friendship or favour of (someone).
Urdu meaning
کاشت کرنا، پرورش کرنا، جوتنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- One hopes future engagement with the US on these topics includes asks for knowledge and technology transfer and education opportunities to help cultivate a highly skilled workforce.
- The Taliban, meanwhile, appears eager to cultivate an exclusive relationship with Beijing, independent of Pakistani influence, and China has agreed to connect Afghanistan through Central Asia via direct links.
- Children routinely endure exploitation and sexual abuse at the hands of predators who cultivate environments of impunity.
- With growing disenchantment toward India and Russia`s increasingly transactional regional posture, Pakistan finds itself in a position to cultivate new alliances, provided it can maintain strategic coherence.
- The ability to cultivate friends in the neighbourhood comes with hard work and lots of humility, which the Hindu right clearly lacks.
Synonyms
seek the friendship of, seek the favour of, try to win over, woo, court, pay court to
Curator example
“it helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people”
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