Vocabulary
Linguistic
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
relating to language or linguistics.
Urdu meaning
لسانیت، زبانوں کا تقابلی مطالعہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Judges, under pressure from an assertive bar, err on the side of caution, granting `relief` reflexively to avoid confrontation.Another complication that gains surprisingly little attention is linguistic.
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The cost of stays
— 2025-12-16
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All the while their brain activity was being monitored and the essays were put through a linguistic analysis.The results are, at least to me, as terrifying as they are unsurprising.
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Dumbing down
— 2025-12-15
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It must identify the required technical, linguistic and social skills, and create targeted training programmes at home.
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Reshaping economic ties
— 2025-10-25
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These movements led to the formation of Linguistic Provinces Commission (Dhar Commission) in 1948.
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New provinces?
— 2025-08-23
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This tragic incident provoked agitation across the country, with many linguistic groups demanding separate states.
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New provinces?
— 2025-08-23
Synonyms
language-producing, semantic, lingual, semasiological; rhetorical,
Antonyms
nonlexical, nonlinguistic, nonverbal
Curator example
“a child’s linguistic ability”
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About this vocabulary section.
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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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