Vocabulary
Leverage
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the exertion of force by means of a lever.
Urdu meaning
بیعانہ، بیرمی نظام،میکانی مفاد
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Its willingness to engage any power that recognises its potential, primarily in defence, minerals and natural resources, has become its main bargaining leverage.
- It should use its leverage to pressure the government into working towards the improvement of the city.
- To achieve sustainable export growth and industrial development, efforts must focus on sectors where the country can leverage its natural resources and build human capital.
- For all their wealth, control of over a quarter of global energy supplies and geostrategic importance,Arab states demurred from using these as diplomatic leverage.
- Not only that, Arab countries have failed to put any kind of pressure on Washington to use its leverage to stop Israel, and, in fact, made every effort to please President Donald Trump when he visited the Middle East in the summer.
Synonyms
grip, purchase, hold, grasp; contact, attachment, support, anchorage, force, strength;
Curator example
“my spade hit something solid that wouldn’t respond to leverage”
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