Vocabulary
Exception
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
Urdu meaning
رعایت، مستثنیٰ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This provision constitutes an exception to the provisions of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, which proscribes the use or threat offorce in international relations by member states.
- South Asia is no exception.
- In present-day Pakistan, however, such boycotts are more the norm than the exception.
- Only when transparency becomes the rule, not the exception, can the nation begin rebuilding not just homes and fields, but trust.
- The only exception was the US, which backed Israel.
Synonyms
anomaly, irregularity, deviation, special case, departure, inconsistency, quirk, peculiarity.
Antonyms
case, example, exemplification, illustration
Curator example
“he always plays top tunes, and tonight was no exception”
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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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