| literal | adj 1. word for word, harfiah: a ~ translation, terjemahan harfiah; 2. not figurative or metaphorical, literal, sebenar: the ~ meaning of a word, makna literal sst perkataan; 3. not imaginative, lurus; (in interpretation of music etc) menunjukkan sso tdk menghayati sst: he has a rather ~ mind, dia orang yg berfikiran lurus; her rendering of the music is rather ~, cara dia memainkan muzik itu menunjukkan dia tdk menghayati sst; 4. consisting of, indicated by letters, huruf: to give ~ grades, not numerical ones, memberikan gred huruf bukan gred angka; 5. accurate, genuine, benar: it is a ~ fact that egalitarianism is difficult to achieve, adalah satu kenyataan yg benar bahawa egalitarianisme sukar dicapai. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| figurative | adj not literal, kiasan: the ~ uses of the word “hot”, penggunaan kiasan perkataan “hot”; ~ language, bahasa kiasan; in the ~ sense of the word, dlm erti kiasan kata itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| free | 6. not literal, bebas: a ~ translation, terjemahan bebas; 7. unconstrained, bebas: he is somewhat ~ in his conversation, dia agak bebas dlm perbualannya; 8. lavish, profuse, mudah + approp v: he is very ~ with his advice, dia mudah memberikan nasihat; she is very ~ with money, dia mudah mengeluarkan wang; a ~ spender, (orang yg) /boros, kuat berbelanja/, pemboros; 9. costing nothing, percuma: a ~ ticket for the show, tiket percuma utk pertunjukan itu; ~ admission, masuk percuma; nothing in this world is ~, tdk ada yg percuma di dunia ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| versus | prep 1. in contrast with, antara... dengan...: the problems of free translation ~ literal translation, masalah-masalah antara terjemahan bebas dengan terjemahan harfiah; to debate the merits of wool ~ synthetic fibres, memperdebatkan kebaikan-kebaikan antara benang bulu dengan serat sintetik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |