Vocabulary
Primarily
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
for the most part; mainly.
Urdu meaning
ابتدائی طور پر، بالخصوص، بیشتر
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Its willingness to engage any power that recognises its potential, primarily in defence, minerals and natural resources, has become its main bargaining leverage.
- Technical and vocational training institutes should be scaled up and operated primarily by the private sector, while universities must focus on producing STEM graduates with market-relevant skills.
- Added to this, over 80 per cent of Pakistan`s arms imports come primarily from China.
- Governance gaps: Pakistan addresses invertebrate protection through multiple agencies, primarily the ministries of climate change and food security.
- Beijing is also the largest investor in Afghanistan, primarily in the mining and infrastructure sectors.
Synonyms
first and foremost, first, firstly, essentially, in essence, fundamentally, in the first place
Antonyms
hardly, thoroughly, barely, totally
Curator example
“around 80 per cent of personal computers are used primarily for word processing”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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