Vocabulary
Perpetuating
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
make (something) continue indefinitely
Urdu meaning
مسلسل پروان چڑھنا، ہمیشہ رکھنا،دوام
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Under the rhetoric of a water scarcity crisis, China and the US have sandwiched Pakistan in a self-perpetuating debt cycle.
Dawn Editorials —
Dams & colonialism
— 2026-04-19
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This forces the centre to rely on borrowing to fund essential functions such as pensions and social protection, perpetuating a cycle of rising debt and shrinking fiscal flexibility.
Dawn Editorials —
NFC reform
— 2026-03-02
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Now we turn to other parts of the economy obstructing progress on the same goal.A structural issue responsible for perpetuating Pakistan`s dependence on the IMF is its failure to control expenditure.
Dawn Editorials —
Exiting IMF: change incentives
— 2026-02-11
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Still, this approach risks perpetuating an elite bias, benefitingprotected industries at the expense of millions of consumers who face higher prices and fewer choices.
Dawn Editorials —
Policy responses
— 2025-11-22
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Successive governments have flirted with agricultural reforms lif ting some controls, tightening others, and reversing course whenever convenient, thereby perpetuating the distortions they seek to fix.
Dawn Editorials —
Deregulation plans
— 2025-11-07
Synonyms
keep alive, keep going, preserve, conserve, sustain, maintain
Antonyms
discontinue, give up, halt, let go, neglect, release
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