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Forecast (verb)

Meaning: Predict or estimate (a future event or trend). भविष्यवाणी करना

Synonyms: Predict, Prophesy, Prognosticate, Foretell

Example: Tomorrow it is forecasted to be 7 degrees higher than today.

Commission (verb)

Meaning: To formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone. अभियान देना; नियुक्त करना

Synonyms: Appoint, Contract, Authorise, Order

Antonyms: Disallow, Dismiss, Cancel, Retract

Example: The Ministry commissioned a study into the fatal disease.

Devolve (verb)

Meaning: To give a duty, responsibility, power, etc प्रदान करना

Synonyms: Give, Transfer, Hand Down, Grant

Antonyms: Refuse, Reject, Deny, Turn Down

Example: We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility.

Underscore (verb)

Meaning: To emphasize or show that something is important or true. ज़ोर देना

Synonyms: Emphasize. Underline, Stress, Accentuate

Antonyms: Understate, Play Down, Shrug Off, Make Little Of

Example: His speech underscored the need for a clear policy.

Inescapable (noun)

Meaning: Unable to be avoided or denied. अपरिहार्य

Synonyms: Unavoidable, Inevitable, Ineluctable, Inexorable

Antonyms: Avoidable, Evadable, Uncertain

Example: Death is inescapable.

Underlying (adjective)

Meaning: Important or basic in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly. बुनियादी, मूलभूत

Synonyms: Primary, Crucial, Elementary, Rudimentary

Antonyms: Advanced, Refined, Intricate, Extensive

Example: Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate.

Circumvent (verb)

Meaning: Overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way. बच निकलना

Synonyms: Outwit, Elude, Skirt, Outmanoeuvre

Antonyms: Confront, Face, Encounter, Take On

Example: They opened an office abroad in order to circumvent the tax laws.

Ostensibly (adverb)

Meaning: Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually. प्रकट रूप से

Synonyms: Seemingly, Outwardly, Supposedly, Presumably

Antonyms: Truly, Actually, Genuinely, Really

Example: She stayed behind at the office, ostensibly to work.

Curtail (verb)

Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on. कम करना

Synonyms: Retrench, Diminish, Trim, Dock, Lop, Truncate

Antonyms: Extend, Increase, Protract, Enlarge

Example: The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.

Constrained (adjective)

Meaning: Not natural; forced or too controlled. विवश किया हुआ

Synonyms: Forced, Strained, Inhibited, Restrained

Antonyms: Relaxed, Voluntary, Natural

Example: He was acting in a constrained manner.