👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2 --> 23 APRIL👀
💥Daily Word Bytes - 2 from editorial - Common Wealth💥
relevance (noun) – the quality of being relevant/closely connected/appropriate.
Hindu Editorial usage : CHOGM again failed to make a case for its relevance in the 21st century
to begin with (phrase) – at first, at the start, at the outset.
Hindu Editorial usage : To begin with, the summit was being held in the U.K., the founder of the grouping of mostly former British colonies,
owing to (phrase) – because of, as a result of, on account of.
Hindu Editorial usage : the head of CHOGM, attended the summit, which she has done infrequently in the last few years owing to her health.
charm offensive (noun) – honeyed words, smooth talk, soft words.
Hindu Editorial usage : She opened her homes in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle for the event, in what was called a “charm offensive” by the hosts,
revive (verb) – revitalize, restore/renew, strengthen.
Hindu Editorial usage : who were looking to revive the 53-nation grouping as Commonwealth 2.0, amidst Britain’s rocky exit from the EU.
bolster (verb) – strengthen, support, boost/reinforce.
Hindu Editorial usage : Prince Charles’s visit to Delhi to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi bolstered that belief.
indifference (noun) – lack of concern/interest, disregard, carelessness.
Hindu Editorial usage : Mr. Modi skipped the summit in Malta (2015) out of indifference.
step up (phrasal verb) – increase, intensify, escalate.
Hindu Editorial usage : So it was widely expected that India would step up to a bigger role, and help chart a future course for the Commonwealth.
chart (verb) – outline, describe, record.
Hindu Editorial usage : So it was widely expected that India would step up to a bigger role, and help chart a future course for the Commonwealth.
underwhelming (adjective) – unsatisfactory, not exciting, disappointing.
Hindu Editorial usage : Given the expectations, the outcome of the meet was underwhelming.
substantive (adjective) – important & meaningful.
Hindu Editorial usage : ignoring calls for the position to be more democratically shared or rotated. There were substantive statements on the Blue Charter
Blue Charter (noun) – a set of guiding principles for sustainable, fair and equitable ocean economic development based on the Charter of the Commonwealth. (charter means body of law; a document with core values and principles of an organisation).
Hindu Editorial usage : ignoring calls for the position to be more democratically shared or rotated. There were substantive statements on the Blue Charter
by way of (phrase) – via, by means of, as a form of.
Hindu Editorial usage : But there was little by way of a road map to achieve the goals.
deport (verb) – expel, banish, exile.
Hindu Editorial usage : Prime Minister Theresa May apologised for her Home Office’s threat to deport thousands of immigrants brought as manual labour in the 1940s
hard line (noun) – uncompromising & strict attachment/commitment to a policy.
Hindu Editorial usage : The U.K.’s hard line on Indian “illegals”,
egalitarian (adjective) – common, equal; fair.
Hindu Editorial usage : but its relevance is unlikely to increase unless it adopts a more egalitarian and inclusive attitude to its next generation of Commonwealth citizens, to partake in a prosperity their forefathers built.
partake in (verb) – participate in, take part/join in, engage in.
Hindu Editorial usage : but its relevance is unlikely to increase unless it adopts a more egalitarian and inclusive attitude to its next generation of Commonwealth citizens, to partake in a prosperity their forefathers built.
forefather (noun) – ancestor, forebear, predecessor.
Hindu Editorial usage : but its relevance is unlikely to increase unless it adopts a more egalitarian and inclusive attitude to its next generation of Commonwealth citizens, to partake in a prosperity their forefathers built.
Hindu Editorial usage : CHOGM again failed to make a case for its relevance in the 21st century
to begin with (phrase) – at first, at the start, at the outset.
Hindu Editorial usage : To begin with, the summit was being held in the U.K., the founder of the grouping of mostly former British colonies,
owing to (phrase) – because of, as a result of, on account of.
Hindu Editorial usage : the head of CHOGM, attended the summit, which she has done infrequently in the last few years owing to her health.
charm offensive (noun) – honeyed words, smooth talk, soft words.
Hindu Editorial usage : She opened her homes in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle for the event, in what was called a “charm offensive” by the hosts,
revive (verb) – revitalize, restore/renew, strengthen.
Hindu Editorial usage : who were looking to revive the 53-nation grouping as Commonwealth 2.0, amidst Britain’s rocky exit from the EU.
bolster (verb) – strengthen, support, boost/reinforce.
Hindu Editorial usage : Prince Charles’s visit to Delhi to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi bolstered that belief.
indifference (noun) – lack of concern/interest, disregard, carelessness.
Hindu Editorial usage : Mr. Modi skipped the summit in Malta (2015) out of indifference.
step up (phrasal verb) – increase, intensify, escalate.
Hindu Editorial usage : So it was widely expected that India would step up to a bigger role, and help chart a future course for the Commonwealth.
chart (verb) – outline, describe, record.
Hindu Editorial usage : So it was widely expected that India would step up to a bigger role, and help chart a future course for the Commonwealth.
underwhelming (adjective) – unsatisfactory, not exciting, disappointing.
Hindu Editorial usage : Given the expectations, the outcome of the meet was underwhelming.
substantive (adjective) – important & meaningful.
Hindu Editorial usage : ignoring calls for the position to be more democratically shared or rotated. There were substantive statements on the Blue Charter
Blue Charter (noun) – a set of guiding principles for sustainable, fair and equitable ocean economic development based on the Charter of the Commonwealth. (charter means body of law; a document with core values and principles of an organisation).
Hindu Editorial usage : ignoring calls for the position to be more democratically shared or rotated. There were substantive statements on the Blue Charter
by way of (phrase) – via, by means of, as a form of.
Hindu Editorial usage : But there was little by way of a road map to achieve the goals.
deport (verb) – expel, banish, exile.
Hindu Editorial usage : Prime Minister Theresa May apologised for her Home Office’s threat to deport thousands of immigrants brought as manual labour in the 1940s
hard line (noun) – uncompromising & strict attachment/commitment to a policy.
Hindu Editorial usage : The U.K.’s hard line on Indian “illegals”,
egalitarian (adjective) – common, equal; fair.
Hindu Editorial usage : but its relevance is unlikely to increase unless it adopts a more egalitarian and inclusive attitude to its next generation of Commonwealth citizens, to partake in a prosperity their forefathers built.
partake in (verb) – participate in, take part/join in, engage in.
Hindu Editorial usage : but its relevance is unlikely to increase unless it adopts a more egalitarian and inclusive attitude to its next generation of Commonwealth citizens, to partake in a prosperity their forefathers built.
forefather (noun) – ancestor, forebear, predecessor.
Hindu Editorial usage : but its relevance is unlikely to increase unless it adopts a more egalitarian and inclusive attitude to its next generation of Commonwealth citizens, to partake in a prosperity their forefathers built.
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