Vocabulary
Cumulative
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions.
Urdu meaning
مجموعی، مسلسل بڑھنے والے، انبار کا باعث
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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But Havel`s point is not that resistance is easy; it is that it is necessary and that even small acts of truth can have cumulative power.
Dawn Editorials —
Power of the powerless
— 2026-05-02
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Pakistan posted a primary fiscal surplus of 1.3 per cent of GDP in FY25, with a cumulative primary adjustment of 5.6pc of GDP since 2022, the largest in its history.
Dawn Editorials —
Economy on a cliff edge
— 2026-04-25
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For what is a corrupt system if not the cumulative expression of countless small moral accommodations?
Dawn Editorials —
Outward splendour
— 2026-04-24
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Cumulative inflation in recent years has outpaced income gains, resulting in a fall in real per capita household income and a rise in poverty risks.
Dawn Editorials —
Spectre of joblessness
— 2026-02-09
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Since privatisation, four major banks (HBL, UBL, MCB, and ABL) have contributed Rs245bn in corporate taxes in 2024 with cumulative contributions exceeding Rs1.6 trillion since 2004.
Dawn Editorials —
SOEs: an eclectic approach
— 2026-01-22
Synonyms
increasing, accumulative, accumulating, growing, progressive, accruing, snowballing
Curator example
“the cumulative effect of two years of drought”
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