Vocabulary
Manifold
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
many and various.
Urdu meaning
کئی گنا، بھات بھات کا، گوناگوں
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The people`s suffering during the floods is manifold, immediate and long-term, direct and indirect.
- The finance minister defended the manifold increase in the salaries of the MNAs and senators, saying that many of them needed it.
- And quite coincidentally soon after these threats, terrorist events in Balochistan multiplied manifold, culminating in the Jaffar Express carnagewhere army soldiers on their way back home for leave were targeted.
- Of late, the use of social media amongst the youth has increased manifold.
- We could improve governance, promote development and increase people`s participation manifold by creating at least 22 smaller administrative units, instead of having the existing four unmanageable provinces.
Synonyms
many, numerous, multiple, multifarious, multitudinous, multiplex, legion
Antonyms
few, scant, rare, scarce, uniform, limited
Curator example
“the implications of this decision were manifold”
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