Vocabulary
Cultivate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
try to win the friendship or favour of (someone).
Urdu meaning
کاشت کرنا، پرورش کرنا، جوتنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Hopeful, because transformation, too, begins there.To read the Quran, then, is to encounter a diagnosis: that the crises we observe `out there` are inseparable from the realities we cultivate `in here`.
Dawn Editorials —
Outward splendour
— 2026-04-24
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These are spectacular but temporary, unable to sustain long-term engagement or cultivate grassroots ecosystems.A city of over 20 million cannot depend on a singular narrative, or central body to define its cultural direction.
Dawn Editorials —
Cultural investment
— 2026-04-07
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This has helped them cultivate a softer international image, attract global investment, and, to some extent, obscure their authoritarian credentials.
Dawn Editorials —
Pakistan`s diplomatic moment
— 2026-03-29
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Today, the real task of education is far deeper: to cultivate human beings individuals capable of judgement, responsibility, relationships and leadership in a complex world.
Dawn Editorials —
Education in AI era
— 2026-03-18
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It must cultivate `meaning-makers`.
Dawn Editorials —
Muzzling curiosity
— 2026-02-17
Synonyms
seek the friendship of, seek the favour of, try to win over, woo, court, pay court to
Curator example
“it helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people”
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