Vocabulary
Prestige
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
Reputation or Influence arising from success, achievement, rank or other favourable attributes
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Growth driven by human capitaleducation, skills, health and nutrition delivers far higher and more inclusive returns than untargeted subsidies or prestige projects.Fourth, mone-tary credibility must be preserved.
Dawn Editorials —
Quality growth
— 2026-01-20
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Given the extensive powers handed over to the FCC, that assessment is not off the mark.Rather than be rendered second-class judges, they may have thought it fit to depart with their prestige intact.
Dawn Editorials —
Judges depart
— 2025-11-15
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The government should perhaps have considered formally recognising the titles of five-star-ranked personnel only and conferring all the prestige it wished upon them.
Dawn Editorials —
Dangling sword
— 2025-11-09
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Trump has staked his prestige on the Gaza deal, casting it as a `historic dawn of a new Middle East`.
Dawn Editorials —
Now, the hard part
— 2025-10-20
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Historically, an umbrella has symbolised `protection, power, and prestige`.
Dawn Editorials —
Hidden watermark
— 2025-09-25
Synonyms
weight, importance
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