Vocabulary
Resilience
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness
Urdu meaning
ابھرنے کی قوت، پلٹنا ، بازگشت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- But it is equally clear that the deeper problem lies in a consumption-driven growth model, which has failed to deliver resilience, jobs or equitable progress.
- But, as it makes clear, this cannot replace transformative reforms to remedy structural imbalances, improve service delivery and build resilience for long-term gains.
- Meanwhile, the state as presently constituted cannot educate its children, reduce the incidence of stunting among them, build resilience to shocks (such as floods) at the local level and on and on and on.
- Invertebrate wealth: Pakistan`s diverse ecosystems host a range of invertebrates crucial for environmental and economic resilience.
- Crucially, Pakistan`s NDCs and national adaptation plans must prioritise investment in bees and pollinators as essential climate resilience components.
Synonyms
flexibility, pliability, suppleness, plasticity, elasticity, springiness
Antonyms
rigidity, fragility, vulnerability, weakness
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