| discover | vt 1. be the first to come upon, menemui, menjumpai; (new place, substance, etc) menemukan: the security guard ~ed the bomb on the doorsteps of the building, pengawal keselamatan menemui bom itu di tangga bangunan; Columbus ~ed America, Columbus menemukan Amerika; a well-known pharmaceutical company ~ed new uses for the chemical, sebuah syarikat farmasi yg terkenal telah menemukan kegunaan-kegunaan baru bahan kimia itu; 2. find out, mendapat tahu ttg: the police have ~ed their plans, polis telah mendapat tahu ttg rancangan mereka; to ~ the pleasures of reading, mendapat tahu ttg keseronokan membaca; 3. realize, menyedari: he ~ed that he had made a mistake, dia menyedari bahawa dia telah membuat kesilapan; 4. recognise and make known a new talent, memperkenalkan: Sarimah was ~ed by P. Ramlee, Sarimah telah diperkenalkan oleh P. Ramlee. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| strike | 12. discover source of mineral etc, menjumpai, menemukan: after less than six months drilling, the company struck oil, tdk sampai enam bulan mencari gali, syarikat itu menjumpai minyak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| run | I eventually ran the painting down in an antique shop in the city, saya akhirnya menemukan lukisan itu di sebuah kedai barangan antik di bandar raya; d. reduce st, mengurangkan sst: the army is slowly being ~ down, pasukan tentera itu dikurangkan secara perlahan-lahan; ~ o’s /eye, finger/ down the page, list, etc, membaca sepintas lalu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| find | vt 1. a. discover (person or object) as a result of searching, menjumpai, menemukan: they found gold in the river, mereka menjumpai emas di sungai itu; b. succeed in finding, dapat mencari; (st for so.) dapat mencari, mendapatkan; (someone something) dapat mencarikan, mendapatkan: I don’t think we’ll ~ her before sunset, saya rasa kita tdk akan dapat mencarinya sebelum senja; I can ~ no fault in the argument, saya tdk dapat mencari kesalahan dlm hujah itu; can you ~ time to do it?, bolehkah kamu mencari masa utk membuatnya?; has he found a job for his son yet?, sudahkah dia mendapatkan pekerjaan utk anaknya?; the university found me a nice house in Bangsar, pihak universiti dapat mencarikan saya rumah yg elok di Bangsar; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| redouble | vt melipatgandakan: the scientists ~d their efforts to find a cure for the disease, ahli sains melipatgandakan usaha mereka utk menemukan ubat bagi penyakit itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| oblivion | n 1. state of being forgotten, dilupakan: it was he who discovered the paintings and rescued them from ~, dialah yg menemukan lukisan-lukisan tersebut dan dgn itu, menyelamatkannya drpd dilupakan; such works of art are of inferior quality and obviously doomed to ~, karya seni spt itu rendah mutunya dan pasti akan dilupakan; /fall into, sink into, consign to/ ~, dilupakan; 2. state of not being aware of o’s surroundings, (keadaan) tdk sedar; sink in ~, tdk sedar: he was sunk in ~, dia tdk sedar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| peg | ~ away (at), (colloq) terus bertungkus-lumus: he didn’t give up but ~ged away until he found the solution, dia tdk berputus asa sebaliknya dia terus bertungkus-lumus sehingga menemukan penyelesaiannya; he ~ged away at his exercises on his own in the gym, dia terus bertungkus-lumus berlatih secara bersendirian di gimnasium; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| run | c. catch so., menangkap sso: the police finally managed to ~ down the gang in a town near the border, polis akhirnya berjaya menangkap geng itu di sebuah bandar berhampiran sempadan; ~ st down, a. knock st down, melanggar sst: the ferry ran down a small rowing boat, feri itu melanggar sebuah perahu kayuh; b. speak badly of st, /memperkecil-kecilkan, mengutuk/ sst: don’t ~ my ideas down all the time, jangan mengutuk idea-idea saya sepanjang masa; c. find st after great effort, menemukan sst: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |