Vocabulary
Explicit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
Urdu meaning
واضح، مفصل، ناقابل تردید
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Thisisinpartbecausemany`experts` play games with numbers, especially those with explicit political agendas like the WB and IMF.
- Examples include professors demanding sexual favours for better grades, male students creating fake, explicit AI images of female students, and administrators or lowlevel employees using hidden cameras for blackmail.
- Tom Alexandrovich was caught this month in a joint taskforce sting targeting paedophiles when he tried to lure a decoy underage girl for sex and used explicit language in his messages to her.
- There are few political campaigns where Pakistan is not mentioned in some explicit or implicit manner, often to distract from development-related inadequacies.
- For example, the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, continues to face enforcement challenges and requires explicit provisions to address online violence, particularly technology-facilitated genderbased violence.
Synonyms
clear, direct, plain, obvious, straightforward, clear-cut, crystal clear, clearly expressed
Curator example
“the arrangement had not been made explicit”
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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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- 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.
