Vocabulary
Generous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected.
Urdu meaning
سخی، فراغ دلانہ، بے لوث
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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A third case pertains to harassment at the workplace.On winding up their operations, MNCs give generous packages to terminated employees.
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Judging employees
— 2026-05-01
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But this will rarely become public because the gatherings are so limited.Indeed, the PM was generous enough to call all journalists when he was first voted in, back in 2022, and then too had a similar interaction when his term ended.
Dawn Editorials —
Speaking matters
— 2026-03-17
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For two decades, developing countries benefited from liberal trade regimes, lowered tariffs in advanced economies, concessional financing, generous multilateral flows, buoyant FDI, easier labour mobility and technology transfer.
Dawn Editorials —
Budget 2026-27 as a bridge
— 2026-02-28
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THE generous relief package recently announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for an industry burdened with high energy prices, elevated financing costs and an excessive tax burden was a necessary intervention.
Dawn Editorials —
Subsidised relief
— 2026-02-02
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He has started skipping lunch unless a client is generous enough to give him lunch or money for lunch.This is not an isolated case.
Dawn Editorials —
Difficult times
— 2026-01-16
Synonyms
liberal, lavish, magnanimous, munificent, giving, open-handed, free-handed, bountiful
Curator example
“a generous benefactor to the University”
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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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