Vocabulary
Illustrate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures.
Urdu meaning
مثالوں سے سمجھانا، روشن کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- The recent flash floods in Pakistan illustrate how quickly climate shocks can undo progress: crops destroyed, livelihoods lost and families displaced.
- The recent flash floods in Pakistan illustrate how quickly climate shocks can undo progress: crops destroyed, livelihoods lost and families displaced.
- To illustrate just oneinstance of real-world harms caused by monopolistic practices, Google`s search and news products often serve up headlines and AI-generated summaries without reliably sending traffic to the original publishers.
- EVERAL acts of terrorist violence over the past couple of days illustrate the grave threat militant groups continue to pose to the country, particularly KP and Balochistan.
- According to the writer, the stories of the previous five illustrate that the crash was not an isolated tragedy but the outcome of systemic negligence.
Synonyms
decorate, adorn, ornament, embellish, accompany, provide artwork for,
Antonyms
obscure, misinterpret, mystify, confuse, misrepresent
Curator example
“the guide is illustrated with full-colour photographs”
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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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- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- 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.
