Vocabulary
Marshal
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order.
Urdu meaning
سپہ سالار اعظم، فوجیوں کا جتھہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- After that meeting, Trump had bilateral sessions too, most notably with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir (both of whom were called `great` by Trump) at the White House.
- PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir`s meeting with American President Donald Trump will continue to echo for weeks, perhaps months.
- PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir have every reason to feel satisfied.
- Field Marshal Asim Munir`s meeting with Trump likely cemented the overall favourable impression.
- He did not have the choice Field Marshal Ayub Khan was offered (following the 1965 war with India) of Tashkent for the Soviet-brokered peace talks.
Synonyms
gather, gather together, assemble, collect, muster, mass, amass, call together,
Antonyms
disperse, scatter
Curator example
“the general marshalled his troops”
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