Vocabulary
Determine
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.
Urdu meaning
فیصلہ کرنا، تعین کرنا، احاطہ کرنا
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.
- The onus is on the company telling its employee to become more familiar with AI or the parent saying it`s okay to use it for a presentation to determine which apps are appropriate and safe for which users.
- We will have to develop easily applicable formulae to determine this and to apply it to flood conditions.
- Whether this overlap becomes a point of convergence or contention will largely determine the sustainability of Pakistan`s new economic diplomacy.
- Lest we forget, it will be markets growing at a mindboggling speed and not governments that will determine the comparative advantage of a country.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has set up a special committee to assess the extent of damage to agriculture, determine how farmers can be compensated and recommend steps to mitigate the deluge`s impact on the economy.
Synonyms
control, decide, regulate, direct, rule, dictate, govern, condition, form, shape
Antonyms
irresolute, weak-willed, pusillanimous
Curator example
“it will be her mental attitude that determines her future”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
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- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
