Vocabulary
Assess
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.
Urdu meaning
اندازہ لگانا، قیمت لگانا، تخمینہ لگانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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But it is also true that humans possess the ability to assess information with contextual and real-world understanding that AI systems cannot fully replicate.
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Costly reliance
— 2026-04-04
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This was seen last year when Washington helped facilitate a ceasefire after the four-day Pak-India hostilities.Pakistan, too, maintains its own threat assess-ments regarding the US, which it doesn`t see as a fully reliable partner.
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Assessing Pakistan`s trust
— 2026-03-23
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There are various benchmarks one could use to assess the BoP performance.
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Can BoP deliver Gaza peace?
— 2026-02-15
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Resources must also be poured into the internationally used manhole scanning systems that assess structural conditions.
Dawn Editorials —
Fatal gaps
— 2026-02-01
Synonyms
evaluate, judge, gauge, rate, estimate, appraise, form an opinion of, check out
Antonyms
help, assist, aid, neglect, give, guess
Curator example
“the committee must assess the relative importance of the issues”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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