Vocabulary
Tread
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
walk in a specified way.
Urdu meaning
قدم رکھنا، روندنا، پاﺅں رکھنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Other provinces, KP and Punjab in particular, must tread the same path.
- Universities whose revenues depend on enrolment tread cautiously.
- And while unlikely does not mean impossible, it is certainly a very difficult path to tread.
- `Now we are giving an open offer to hold dialogue with us, or we will tread on our own path with a clear timeline and targets,` he said.
- For Pakistan to matter in the global knowledge economy, it must tread the path defined in the NFE document.
Synonyms
walk, step, stride, pace, go, march, tramp, plod, stomp, trudge
Antonyms
ride, retreat, gladden, stay
Curator example
“Rosa trod as lightly as she could”
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