Vocabulary
Cohort
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a group of people with a common statistical characteristic.
Urdu meaning
ہم آہنگی، ہم سلسلہ، جماعت، گروہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
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Of the current cohort, only one woman has been elected on a general seat; the rest entered through reserved quotas.
Dawn Editorials —
Beyond quotas
— 2026-04-11
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This cohort (ranging from 14 to 29 years old) is roughly those born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s.The socioeconomic profile of youth shows around 27pc are still illiterate.
Dawn Editorials —
Young and restless
— 2026-03-02
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When states fail those who stood with them in moments of danger, the damage extends far beyond one refugee cohort.
Dawn Editorials —
Honouring promises
— 2025-12-22
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In countries like the US, almost 50 per cent of young people around 18 enter college programmes; in Pakistan, only 7-8pc of the relevant cohort reach that level.
Dawn Editorials —
Undergraduate education quality
— 2025-09-26
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Our first political cohort included the freedom leaders.
Dawn Editorials —
Minus four
— 2025-09-16
Synonyms
group, grouping, category, categorization, grade, grading, classification, class, set,
Antonyms
enemy, foe, opponent, adversary, antagonist,
Curator example
“the 1940–4 birth cohort of women”
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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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