Vocabulary
Implicit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
suggested though not directly expressed.
Urdu meaning
بلواسطہ، اشارتاً، پورا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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What emerges from the IMF statement is an implicit acknowledgement that Pakistan`s economic trajectory is now being shaped as much by geopolitics at least in the near term as by domestic policy choices.
Dawn Editorials —
Shadow of crisis
— 2026-03-29
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The implicit understanding was that the 2018 levy would regularise assets that has been undermined.
Dawn Editorials —
Tax truths
— 2026-02-20
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But the question implicit in the diagnostic is, why haven`t such reforms already taken root?
Dawn Editorials —
Governing beyond diagnosis
— 2026-02-07
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Moreover, cooperation with Israel will be tantamount to implicit recognition of Israel and only a step away from formal recognition and joining the Abraham Accords.
Dawn Editorials —
Why Pakistan should stay out
— 2025-12-29
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While some may see this as putting up a brave face, one also cannot help but notice the sense of defiance and resignation implicit in those words.
Dawn Editorials —
Governor raj?
— 2025-12-02
Synonyms
implied, indirect, inferred, understood, hinted, suggested, deducible, unspoken
Antonyms
explicit, direct
Curator example
“comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies”
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