Vocabulary
Apportion
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
divide up and share out.
Urdu meaning
تقسیم کرنا، مقرر کرنا، بانٹنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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If one is looking to apportion blame, the bulk of it falls on the state.
Dawn Editorials —
Mass ecocide
— 2025-09-01
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The IWT, which was signed between the two countries in 1960 to apportion the waters of the western and eastern rivers, was brokered by the World Bank.
Dawn Editorials —
Fistful of water
— 2025-04-30
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Lastly, one must also apportion some of the blame to the PTI`s lawyers in the case, most of whom remained unable to argue the party`s case effectively and succinctly before the court.
Dawn Editorials —
Bat and forth
— 2024-01-14
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But if you take FY23 tax collections and apportion them by Musharraf`s formula, the amount of money freed up for the federal government is less than Rs700 billion.
Dawn Editorials —
Rolling back the NFC award
— 2023-08-10
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But if you take FY23 tax collections and apportion them by Musharraf`s formula, the amount of money freed up for the federal government is less than Rs700 billion.
Dawn Editorials —
Rolling back the NFC award
— 2023-08-10
Synonyms
share out, divide out, allocate, distribute, allot, assign, dispense, give out, hand out
Antonyms
reserve, retain, refuse, withhold
Curator example
“voting power will be apportioned according to contribution”
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