Vocabulary
Indicative
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
serving as a sign or indication of something.
Urdu meaning
نشاندہی، دکھانے والا، جتانے والا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan designed by NTDC still appears bound by legacy thermal contracts.
Dawn Editorials —
Energy vision
— 2026-03-07
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Of that, roughly 9pc flows to the government as tax revenue, about Rs200bn per year.That is a two-and-a-half-year paybackon the buyout cost.The numbers are indicative; the direction is not.
Dawn Editorials —
Shrinking grid
— 2026-02-14
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While their small scale is not indicative of anything major or substantial yet, these developments do provide insight into how the public`s relationship to the past is neither homogenous nor settled.
Dawn Editorials —
Preserving the past
— 2025-11-10
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In its comments on the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan 2025-35, Aptma has rightly argued that the IGCEP is built on faulty assumptions that electricity demand will rise automatically with population and GDP growth.
Dawn Editorials —
Erratic planning
— 2025-09-30
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The three-year fixed-rate bond will be offered to institutional investors, with an indicative coupon range of 3-4pc per annum.
Dawn Editorials —
Panda debut
— 2025-09-13
Synonyms
symptomatic, expressive, suggestive, evocative, typical, characteristic,
Curator example
“having recurrent dreams is not necessarily indicative of any psychological problem”
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