Vocabulary
Wherewithal
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the money or other means needed for a particular purpose.
Urdu meaning
مالی وسائل، خرچ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- If not for the welfare of the people of Pakistan but for the wherewithal to succeed in conflicts.
- And women, she says, have enough wherewithal to defeat it.
- Analysts say Iran has the military wherewithal to seriously damage Israel with conventional weapons.
- They more than anyone else have the wherewithal as well as the need to uncork the bottle of peace for Palestine.
- Sadly, the state`s efforts have lacked the wherewithal to bring stability to this sensitive region, and allow its people toliveinpeace.
Synonyms
money, ready money, cash, capital, finance(s), resources, funds, reserves; means
Curator example
“they lacked the wherewithal to pay”
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