Vocabulary
Primarily
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
for the most part; mainly.
Urdu meaning
ابتدائی طور پر، بالخصوص، بیشتر
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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Before the war, 266m people, primarily in low-income, conflicthit countries were facing `acute food insecurity`.
Dawn Editorials —
Age of anger
— 2026-04-27
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This will depend on many variables, primarily on what kind of Iran emerges after a truce or a `grand bargain` with the US, as President Trump referred to it.
Dawn Editorials —
A new Pakistan
— 2026-04-19
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Already, there have been attempts to derail the negotiations, primarily by Israel, which is averse to seeing peace in the Middle East.
Dawn Editorials —
High hopes
— 2026-04-11
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Nepal aims to raise the share of households cooking primarily with electricity from 0.5pc to 25pc by 2030.
Dawn Editorials —
Shift to electric
— 2026-04-08
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And if the hostilities continue, staying upright will be a trick and a half.This is primarily linked to the country`s precarious economic situation and an `unpopular` government struggling to gain a foothold with the people.
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Tight rope act
— 2026-04-07
Synonyms
first and foremost, first, firstly, essentially, in essence, fundamentally, in the first place
Antonyms
hardly, thoroughly, barely, totally
Curator example
“around 80 per cent of personal computers are used primarily for word processing”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
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