Vocabulary
Tally
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
agree or correspond.
Urdu meaning
حساب پٹی، شمار، برابر ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Despite frantic efforts to contain its spread, the tally of polio cases this year has already risen to 17.
- Of the national tally of 17, 10 cases are from KP, five from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.
- By 2023, the global tally of zero-dose children stood at 15.7m, concentrated in just eight states, including Pakistan.
- WITH the national tally of polio cases rising to 10 following two new confirmations in KP, Pakistan`s ambition to eliminate the virus by year`s end faces a sobering reality check.
- The March remittances rose by 37pc from a year ago and were up by 30pc compared to the previous month`s tally of $3.1bn.
Synonyms
correspond, agree, accord, concur, coincide, match, fit, be in agreement, be consistent
Antonyms
Disagree, differ
Curator example
“their signatures should tally with their names on the register”
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