Vocabulary
Accustomed
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
customary; usual.
Urdu meaning
عادی، روایت،دستور
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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It merely exposed the dependence.When media systems, digital platforms and political entrepreneurs become accustomed to extracting value from hostility, any gesture that lowers tensions becomes a threat to business.
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The Outrage Machine reloaded
— 2026-05-01
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Bhutto, Richard Nixon or George Fernandes reserved for her, Indira Gandhi was an authentic world leader accustomed to the grace and competence required of an Indian PM.
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Rahul`s Cinderella challenge
— 2025-12-09
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Over the years, these same business leaders have grown accustomed to cheap, subsidised credit provided by the State Bank through various schemes.
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Adapt or die
— 2025-10-30
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Living in this country, you grow accustomed to being toldlieslike thisregularly.
Dawn Editorials —
Supremely stable
— 2025-09-11
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Unfortunately, the residents of the merged areas have become too accustomed to decisions being imposed on them and being made from the angle of `administering` them.
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Change is in the air
— 2025-08-20
Synonyms
customary, usual, normal, habitual, familiar, regular, routine,
Antonyms
unusual, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unused to
Curator example
“the money would not have kept Sualeha in his accustomed lifestyle”
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