Vocabulary
Emphasis
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
special importance, value, or prominence given to something
Urdu meaning
کسی خاص لفظ پر زور دینا، تاکید
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Under its Article 5, if any Nato member country is attacked, `each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members [emphasis added]`.
- They all embraced India as a bulwark against China albeit with varying emphasis.
- Now the emphasis should be on continuity.
- The summit marked an opportunity for President Xi Jinping to set out an alternative vision for the global order that places emphasis on cooperation in contrast to the confrontation represented by Trump`s policies.
- His speech indicated China`s emphasis on geo-economics and connectivity.
Synonyms
prominence, importance, significance
Antonyms
ignorance, lethargy, triviality, unimportance
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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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