| civilization, civilisation | n 1. process of civilizing, state of being civilized, pemeradaban; 2. civilized society, tamadun, peradaban: the ancient ~s, peradaban purba; the western ~, peradaban barat; the ~s of Egypt and Persia, tamadun Mesir dan Parsi; 3. advanced stage of human development, tamadun, peradaban: the Romans brought ~ to Britain, orang-orang Rom membawa peradaban ke Britain; 4. civilized people collectively, dunia /bertamadun, berperadaban/: ~ is threatened by the constant build-up of nuclear weapons, dunia bertamadun berasa sentiasa terancam akibat kian bertambahnya senjata nuklear; 5. (humorous) civilized life, dunia tamadun: the first thing we must do when we get back to ~ is to have a hot meal, perkara pertama yg mesti kita lakukan apabila kita kembali ke dunia tamadun ialah memakan masakan yg panas-panas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| splendour, (US) splendor | b. (of city, era, civilization) kemegahan: the ~ of the Inca civilization, kemegahan Tamadun Inca; c. (of painting, handicraft, etc) kehebatan: the peaceful ~ of the Alhambresque architecture, kehebatan senibina Alhambra yg menyamankan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| uncivilized | 2. remote from civilization, terpencil dr tamadun: a river entirely ~ with no way of reaching it, sungai yg betul-betul terpencil dr tamadun dan tdk ada jalan utk sampai ke situ; ~ hour, (colloq)pagi-pagi buta: she woke me up at an ~ hour, dia mengejutkan saya pagi-pagi buta. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| Islamic | adj Islam: the ~ civilization, tamadun Islam; ~ laws, hukum syariah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| civilizing, civilising | adj 1. promoting civilization, pemeradaban: religion as a ~ influence, agama sbg pengaruh pemeradaban; 2. refining, dapat membuat [sso] sopan-santun: she has a ~ influence on him, dia mempunyai pengaruh yg dapat membuat lelaki itu sopan-santun; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| revolting | adj menjijikkan, memualkan: some ~ practices of that ancient civilization, sesetengah amalan tamadun purba itu yg menjijikkan; the ~ smell of dead rat, bau bangkai tikus yg menjijikkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| womb | 2. (fig.) tempat bermulanya: the ~ of western civilization, tempat bermulanya peradaban barat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| civilized, civilised | adj 1. in a state of civilization, bertamadun, beradab: ~ nations, negara-negara yg bertamadun; 2. refined, educated, sopan-santun. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| principally | adv terutamanya: the course is ~ concerned with the history of Greek civilization, kursus itu terutamanya ttg sejarah Tamadun Yunani. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| decadent | adj (telah) merosot; (of person ) merosot /akhlaknya, moralnya/: a ~ civilization, tamadun yg telah merosot; an effete and ~ nobility, golongan bangsawan yg lemah dan telah merosot akhlaknya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |