Vocabulary
Forthwith
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(especially in official use) immediately; without delay.
Urdu meaning
فی الفور، فوری طور پر، فوراً
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The provincial government must implement, forthwith, a province-wide digital vehicle fitness regime integrated with Motorway Police checkpoints, ensuring that buses, oil tankers and heavy trailers undergo mandatory quarterly inspections.
Dawn Editorials —
Highway safety
— 2026-02-19
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today [Feb 17] called upon the United Nations to hold forthwith an impartial plebiscite in Kashmir and warned that any further delay will endanger world peace...
Dawn Editorials —
Seventy-five years ago Egyptian warning
— 2026-02-18
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Overall Israel has butchered at least 466 Palestinians since the ceasefire took effect last October.The Muslim bloc within the Board of Peace must ensure that this murder of Palestinians stops forthwith.
Dawn Editorials —
Board takes shape
— 2026-01-23
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Policies that have not yielded desired results should be dropped forthwith and alternative approaches must be studied and adopted.
Dawn Editorials —
Terror in Kalat
— 2025-07-18
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Political prisoners should be released forthwith to foster goodwill within society.
Dawn Editorials —
Political off-ramp
— 2025-05-15
Synonyms
immediately, at once, instantly, directly, right away, straight away, now, this/that (very) minute
Curator example
“we undertake to pay forthwith the money required”
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