Vocabulary
Spectacle
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a visually striking performance or display.
Urdu meaning
تماشا، عینک، نظارہ، منظر
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Last May, India calculated that it could attack alleged terrorist bases inside Pakistan and create a spectacle of dominance that would advertise its power both to the MIGA base at home and regional countries.
- THE spectacle of Afghan families trudging back across the border from Pakistan has become sadly familiar.
- Young Nepalis, facing mass unemployment and corruption, rage against the spectacle of `nepo kids`, flaunting privilege while millions of their peers migrate abroad for work.
- In a carefully synchronised spectacle, both leaders disembarked simultaneously and as they stood on the platform, United States Air Force fighter planes and a B-2 bomber flew overhead.
- THERE is no room left now to turn rainrelated catastrophes into a political whipping spectacle.
Synonyms
display, show, performance, presentation, exhibition, pageant, parade,
Antonyms
hiding, expectation, normality, ordinariness
Curator example
“the acrobatic feats make a good spectacle”
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