| govern | 4. determine, dictate, menentukan: justice should always ~ our policy, keadilan seharusnya menentukan dasar kita; genes are said to ~ the characteristics of human beings, gen dikatakan menentukan ciri-ciri manusia; 5. restrain, control, mengekang, menahan, mengawal: he should learn to ~ his temper, dia seharusnya belajar mengekang kemarahannya; ~ o’s tongue, menjaga mulut sso; 6. (gram.) menguasai: these verbs ~ the accusative case, kata-kata kerja ini menguasai kasus akusatif; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| govern | vt 1. exercise authority over, rule, memerintah: the Labour Party has ~ed the country for the past four years, Parti Buruh telah memerintah negara itu sejak empat tahun yg lalu; 2. direct affairs of, administer, mentadbirkan: the company is ~ed by a Board of Directors, syarikat itu ditadbirkan oleh Lembaga Pengarah; 3. (influence decisively) menguasai; (control) mengawal: his actions are ~ed by public opinion, tindak-tanduknya dikuasai oleh pendapat umum; laws that ~ the killing of endangered species, undang-undang yg mengawal pembunuhan spesies yg terancam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| govern | vi memerintah: elections decide which party will ~, pilihan raya menentukan parti mana yg akan memerintah; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| rule | vi govern, memerintah: a king who ~d wisely, raja yg memerintah dgn bijak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| rule | vt 1. govern, have authority over, memerintah: a king who ~d his people wisely, raja yg memerintah rakyatnya dgn bijaksana; 2. have influence over, dominate, menguasai: don’t let your heart ~ your head, jangan biarkan hati kamu menguasai fikiran kamu; his wife ~s the household, isterinya menguasai rumah tangga; 3. decide authoritatively, decree, memutuskan bahawa: the chairman ~d the motion valid, pengerusi memutuskan bahawa usul itu sah; the judge ~d the question out of order, hakim itu memutuskan bahawa pertanyaan itu tdk boleh dipakai; 4. make a line (as) with a ruler, menggaris: he ~d the paper into columns, dia menggaris kertas itu menjadi beberapa lajur; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| enable | vt 1. give power to, membolehkan: a law was passed to ~ women to vote, undang-undang telah diluluskan utk membolehkan wanita mengundi; he needs an absolute majority to ~ him to govern, dia perlu mendapat majoriti mutlak utk membolehkannya memerintah; 2. give means to, membolehkan: his skill ~d him to earn a living,kemahirannya membolehkannya mencari nafkah; 3. make possible, membolehkan: the scholarship will ~ him to continue his studies, biasiswa itu akan membolehkannya meneruskan pelajarannya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| situation | 2. state of affairs, keadaan, situasi: the ~ in Lebanon has deteriorated, keadaan di Lebanon bertambah buruk; the company is in a bad financial ~, syarikat itu dlm keadaaan kewangan yg buruk; there are rules to govern every ~ , terdapat peraturan utk mengawal setiap keadaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |