Vocabulary
Predominantly
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
mainly; for the most part.
Urdu meaning
بنیادی طور پر، زور آور، زبردستی سے
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
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Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, obesity and certain cancers predominantly constitute the burden of disease.
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Sitting disease
— 2026-04-17
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The Brotherhood is anti-monarchical, a quest the pan-Arab Sunni group shares with predominantly Shia Iran.
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When the Bolsheviks said `nyet`
— 2026-04-14
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He used the handy pulpit not to convert anyone to his religious views, but to exhort the predominantly Muslim masses to overthrow autocratic rulers as he had done in Iran.
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Bogey of a religious war
— 2026-03-17
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It is another matter that today the threat to Pakistan comes not from a predominantly Hindu neighbour alone but also from an avowedly Muslim one.
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A tall tale about renaissance
— 2025-12-02
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FOR decades, policymakers have sustained the narrative that Pakistan is a predominantly rural country, with only 39pc of its population classified as urban.
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Urban denial
— 2025-11-06
Synonyms
mainly, mostly, for the most part, chiefly, principally, primarily, predominately
Antonyms
subsidiary, minor
Curator example
“it is predominantly a coastal bird”
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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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