Vocabulary
Prerogative
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
Urdu meaning
استحقاق، اختیار
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The most straightforward one requires holding a vote of noconfidence and is a prerogative of representatives directly elected by the public.
- This decision is the state`s prerogative, and clearly, there`s little anyone else can do about it.
- This last point is important because in the past, the marital status of women and the husband`s prerogative over their lives has loomed large over their exercise of rights.
- The government had strongly opposed the bill, arguing that it was a money bill, and therefore its own prerogative, but the opposition persisted, arguing that it had nothing to do with Article 74.
- The law included taazir as a prerogative of the court, despite the waiver of qisas by the victim`s legal heirs, with a minimum lifetime sentence.
Synonyms
entitlement, right, privilege, advantage, due, birthright, liberty, authority, authorization
Antonyms
disadvantage, duty, obligation
Curator example
“in some countries, higher education is predominantly the prerogative of the rich”
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