| attempted | adj percubaan: ~ rape, percubaan merogol. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bold | adj 1. courageous and daring, berani: a ~ hero, wira yg berani; she grew ~er with each attempt, dia menjadi lebih berani percubaan demi percubaan; the plan was simple but ~, rancangan itu sederhana tetapi berani; to take a ~ step, mengambil langkah berani; 2. forward, immodest, tdk /tahu malu, malu, sopan/: a ~ little urchin, budak nakal yg tdk tahu malu; she gave him a ~ look, dia memandangnya dgn tdk sopan; 3. imaginative, penuh imaginasi: the novel’s ~ plot, plot novel yg penuh imaginasi; 4. clear and distinct to the eye, jelas, ketara: ~ handwriting, tulisan tangan yg ketara; a figure carved in ~ relief, patung yg diukir dgn ukiran timbul dgn jelas; ~ newspaper headlines, tajuk berita akhbar yg ketara; 5. (print) tebal: ~ letters, huruf tebal; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| overture | n 1. (usu pl) approach, a. (made with a view to starting friendly relationship) percubaan utk mendekati sso; (used with adj or in construction ~s of st) percubaan: his ~s met with no response, percubaannya utk mendekati mereka tdk mendapat sambutan; friendly ~s, percubaan utk berkawan; ~s of peace, percubaan utk berdamai; b. (made with a view to starting romantic relationship) percubaan utk berjinak-jinak dgn sso; (used with adj) percubaan utk: romantic ~s, percubaan utk berasmara; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| probationary | adj percubaan: ~ period, tempoh percubaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| probation | n 1. conditional suspension of a sentence of offender, percubaan: since he was a first time offender, he was put on ~, oleh krn pertama kali dia berbuat salah, dia diletakkan di bawah percubaan; 2. testing of a person’s ability, character etc for permanent employment, percubaan: after a period of ~ the young officers are put on permanent establishment, selepas melalui satu tempoh percubaan, pegawai-pegawai muda itu dilantik sbg pegawai tetap. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| trial | 3. an attempt, percubaan: he failed at the first ~, dia gagal dlm percubaan pertama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| attempt | n percubaan: his ~s to escape were unsuccessful, percubaannya utk melarikan diri tdk berjaya; an ~ on so’s life, percubaan utk membunuh sso; make an ~, mencuba: to make an ~ at acting, mencuba berlakon; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| approach | 4. (often in pl) overture, percubaan utk /mendekati, merapati/ + approp pron: France rejected Germany’s ~es, Perancis menolak percubaan Jerman utk mendekatinya; /easy, difficult/ of ~, /mudah, susah/ /didekati, dirapati/: a man who, in spite of his rank, has always been easy of ~, walaupun berpangkat dia mudah didekati; make ~es to, mencuba /mendekati, merapati/: he made ~es to the girl, dia mencuba mendekati gadis itu; 5. means, method of doing st, pendekatan; (job, work etc) cara mengendalikan: a fresh ~ to the subject, pendekatan yg baru bagi perkara itu; the book provides an excellent ~ to the problem, buku itu memberikan pendekatan yg amat baik kpd masalah itu; his ~ to the job is all wrong, cara dia mengendalikan kerja itu semuanya salah; 6. also approach path, (aeron) lintasan tuju; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| smear | 2. attempt at defamation, percubaan memburuk-burukkan: the poison-pen letter is a ~ on him, surat layang itu ialah satu percubaan memburuk-burukkannya; 3. (med) a bit of bodily material, calitan: a cervical ~, calitan serviks; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| shot 1 | 7. (colloq) attempt, effort to accomplish st, percubaan: his first ~ at climbing the fence failed, percubaan pertamanya utk memanjat pagar itu gagal; have a ~ at st, (colloq) cuba: I’m going to have a ~ at learning the piano, saya akan cuba belajar piano; 8. guess, tekaan: he made several ~s at the lucky number, dia membuat beberapa tekaan thdp nombor bertuah; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |