Vocabulary
Seminal
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
strongly influencing later developments.
Urdu meaning
بنیادی، بیج سے متعلق، نطفے
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The episode brings to mind a seminal book written in the 1980s but which has lost none of its relevance for current geopolitical events.
Dawn Editorials —
The march of folly
— 2026-03-16
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Her seminal research revolutionised primatology by revealing that chimpanzees use tools, are omnivorous, have complex social structures with strong emotional bonds, and engage in organised warfare.
Dawn Editorials —
Call to action
— 2025-10-31
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As Audrey Truschke notes in her seminal work, India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent, in Shiraz, 2,400 kilometres west of Delhi, Hafez was reading Ameer Khusrau in the 14th century.
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Hafez & Hormuz
— 2026-04-29
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Takshashila and Nalanda are legendary students came from afar to study, the number of luminaries produced was legion, and seminal ideas were disseminated far and wide.
Dawn Editorials —
`V` is for vision
— 2025-09-21
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WE are at a turning point of regional and global history because of several seminal developments.
Dawn Editorials —
Doing something good
— 2025-09-18
Synonyms
influential, formative, groundbreaking, pioneering, original, creative, innovative
Antonyms
irrelevant, unimportant
Curator example
“his seminal work on chaos theory”
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