Vocabulary
Harness
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy.
Urdu meaning
لگام سے قابو کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Ironically, these districts offer ideal options to harness floodwaters for naturebased solutions.
- The British, wise to the ways of empire, only recruited from among these sons of the soil to harness the strength of tradition.
- Not invoking the IMF`s Strategy Towards Mainstreaming Gender inadvertently reinforces existing inequalities while failing to harness the full potential of inclusive resilience strengthening approaches.
- Even if India wished to harness the Indus here, it has no use for the water.
- Harness hill torrents: Pakistan`s hill torrent systems represent an untapped resource that could transform agriculture in mountainous regions.
Synonyms
control, exploit, utilize, use, make use of, put to use, render useful,
Curator example
“attempts to harness solar energy”
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