Vocabulary

Phenomenon

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.
Urdu meaning
مظاہر قدرت، عجوبہ،کرشمہ، ظہور
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. This is not a phenomenon isolated to so-called unstable regimes; it is surfacing in established democracies and countries with long traditions of press freedom, pointing to a dangerous shift in global norms.
  2. Recent environmental events causing death and destruction in Pakistan and India are linked to this phenomenon.
  3. This phenomenon was observed in many places in the northern parts of the country.
  4. Student unions in Bangladesh, smaller leftist parties in Sri Lanka, and now youth groups in Nepal are all reflective of the same phenomenon.
  5. They have traditional planning-related meanings, which can no longer be applied to them because of the phenomenon of climate change.
Synonyms
occurrence, event, happening, fact, situation, circumstance, experience, case,

Antonyms
usualness, normality, regularity
Curator example
“glaciers are interesting natural phenomena”

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