Vocabulary
Pervasive
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
Urdu meaning
اثر پذیر، سرایت کرنے والا،جذب ہونےوالا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The concept of sacredness is all-pervasive in world religions and other traditions.
- So, the notion of sacredness is all-pervasive to so many dimensions of human life, such as revealed texts, inspired poetry, sacred places, revered things, art, literature, architecture and rituals.
- Relief from the pervasive stuffiness came with the Pakistani envoy at the UN delivering a heartwarming speech slamming Israel`s occupation of Palestine even as he lambasted the genocide in Gaza.
- High inflation and unemployment, macroeconomic tumult, visible corruption of ruling party elites and pervasive resentment towards the political status quo.
- Of course, other than pervasive corruption, this has led to little else, as can be gleaned from the criminal cases in the US involving a major tycoon.
Synonyms
prevalent, penetrating, pervading, permeating, extensive, ubiquitous, omnipresent
Curator example
“ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society”
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