Vocabulary
Explicit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
Urdu meaning
واضح، مفصل، ناقابل تردید
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The latter is harder to establish because Punjabiat, as a politicised status identity, does not exist as an explicit force imposed on national politics.
Dawn Editorials —
Geography or ethnicity
— 2026-03-02
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Their goal is explicit: the summit should belong to Nepali climbers who have spent decades enabling others` success yet rarely receiving credit.
Dawn Editorials —
Savage mountain
— 2026-01-31
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Trump himself made this explicit when he declared the Board could replace the UN.
Dawn Editorials —
Board of contention
— 2026-01-26
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The Islamabad Capital Territory lacks an explicit law, but recently a bill has been presented in parliament.The effectiveness of legislation addressing violence against women and girls is rarely evident at the time it is enacted.
Dawn Editorials —
Road to safety
— 2026-01-15
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Going forward, the state must be explicit about the objective of any privatisation.
Dawn Editorials —
Lessons from PIA`s privatisation
— 2026-01-03
Synonyms
clear, direct, plain, obvious, straightforward, clear-cut, crystal clear, clearly expressed
Curator example
“the arrangement had not been made explicit”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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