Vocabulary
Preamble
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction.
Urdu meaning
عنوان، تمہید، دیباچہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- For context, UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmed`s statement began with a long preamble about the challenges being faced by the Afghan people and the world`s obligation to help them find solutions.
- Mrs Gandhi used the Emergency to fortify the constitution by adding two crucial words that described Indian democracy as envisioned by the founding fathers, but which were missing in the preamble secular, and socialist.
- While the preamble of the Act confirms these aspirations, the 30 sections that follow achieve little more than the setting up of three distinct yet overlapping regulatory bodies to bring about this digital transformation.
- The Preamble to the Constitution too recognises that `it is the will of the people of Pakistan to establish an order`.
- Indira Gandhiinserted `secularism` and `socialism` as ideals into the preamble of India`s constitution.
Synonyms
introduction, preliminaries, preface, lead-in, overture, prologue, foreword, prelude
Antonyms
close, termination, peroration, finale, conclusion
Curator example
“he could tell that what she said was by way of a preamble”
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