Vocabulary
Emulate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
Urdu meaning
تقلید، نقل کرنا، برابر کرنا، رشک کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Madagascar`s youth looked to Nepal as an example to emulate.
Dawn Editorials —
The Gen Z revolt
— 2025-10-27
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Russia and China, which are currently leading the push towards a more multilateral global order, may not be perfect examples to emulate.
Dawn Editorials —
Tianjin summit
— 2025-09-02
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Saarc was a promising platform for economic and cultural integration, but it has decidedly failed to emulate Asean`s success, even though that is what it had originally aspired to do.
Dawn Editorials —
Saarc`s future
— 2025-07-06
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Top-tier universities in Pakistan, public and private, emulate the old `low acceptance` model of quality; the rest, with a varied quality of teaching and learning, do notfocus on the task of teaching undergraduates well.
Dawn Editorials —
Undergraduate focus
— 2025-04-25
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Other US schools should emulate its example, and resist the totalitarian attacks of the Trump government.
Dawn Editorials —
Trump vs Harvard
— 2025-04-19
Synonyms
imitate, copy, reproduce, mimic, mirror, echo, follow, model oneself on, take as a model
Antonyms
disaffect, shun, forego, abandon
Curator example
“most rulers wished to emulate Alexander the Great”
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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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