Vocabulary
Ephemeral
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
lasting for a very short time.
Urdu meaning
کم حیات، عارضی،چند روزہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- In the divine hierarchy, money, family connections and other ephemeral affiliations have no value; only a person`s character counts.
- Some pockets of shallow freshwa-ter exist along the old bed of the Hakra/Sarasvati river, an ephemeral river cut off by India`s Rajasthan Canal.
- Where the taskforce or expert panel is not asked for written input, the experience becomes even more ephemeral.
- Of what value are the fundamental rights enshrined in such a framework, and how independent can a judiciary created thereby be, if the structure is impermanent,and even ephemeral?
- Of what value are the fundamental rights enshrined in such a framework, and how independent can a judiciary created thereby be, if the structure is impermanent,and even ephemeral?
Synonyms
transitory, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short
Antonyms
long-lived, permanent
Curator example
“fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old”
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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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