Vocabulary

Beneath

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
extending or directly underneath something.
Urdu meaning
طول دینا بڑھانا جاری رکھنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. Dating from the early 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD, these remnants of a necklace remind us that beneath Pakistan`s soil lie stories still waiting to be told.
    Dawn Editorials — Beads of history — 2026-04-13
  2. Yet beneath the corrosion lies a hunger for spaces alive with energy, for non-transactional encounters, and for a life that is more than survival.
    Dawn Editorials — Cultural investment — 2026-04-07
  3. People who love Karachi the way you love someone who is failing desperately, helplessly, with nowhere to put it.The anger is always there, just beneath the surface.
    Dawn Editorials — Coming home — 2026-03-29
  4. Our female labour force participation rate is only 22.6pc for the 15-64 age group, far below the global average of 52.6pc and even beneath the South Asian average of 25.2pc.
    Dawn Editorials — Women`s Day — 2026-03-08
  5. Protecting the people who live beneath our glaciers is a national imperative.
    Dawn Editorials — A warming north — 2026-02-25
Synonyms
underneath, below, further down, lower down, in a lower place

Antonyms
above
Curator example
“a house built on stilts to allow air to circulate beneath”

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