| depopulate | vt (act.), /menyusutkan, mengurangkan/ (bilangan) penduduk; (pass.), (bilangan) penduduk menjadi /susut, berkurang/: plague ~d the cities, wabak penyakit menyusutkan bilangan penduduk kota-kota itu; the town was quickly ~d after the closure of the mine, selepas penutupan lombong, bilangan penduduk di bandar itu menjadi susut dgn cepat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fewer | adj & n /lagi, lebih/ sedikit, sedikit lagi: there are ~ people waiting outside today, bilangan orang yg menunggu di luar sedikit lagi hari ini; he made ~ mistakes this time, kesilapan yg dibuatnya lagi sedikit kali ini; few cared and ~ offered to help, bilangan yg mengambil berat sedikit, bilangan yg menawarkan pertolongan lebih sedikit; no ~ than, sekurang-kurangnya: no ~ than six hundred guests turned up at her wedding, sekurang-kurangnya enam ratus tetamu menghadiri majlis perkahwinannya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| intake | n 1. number, quantity taken in, /bilangan, jumlah/ [n] yg diambil; (of food), (me)makan; (of fluid), (me)minum; (of air) menyedut: the new ~ of students rose this year, bilangan penuntut yg diambil tahun ini meningkat; you must cut down on the ~ of carbohydrates, kamu mesti kurang memakan makanan berkanji; ~ of breath, /menarik, menghela/ nafas dgn tiba-tiba: I heard an ~ of breath and when I turned I saw Siew Eng staring at the door, saya terdengar orang menarik nafas dgn tiba-tiba dan apabila saya menoleh, saya ternampak Siew Eng sedang merenung tepat ke arah pintu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| classifier | n (gram.) penjodoh bilangan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| inferiority | n kekurangan: the army’s numerical ~, kekurangan bilangan anggota tentera; feeling of ~, rasa rendah diri. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| decrease | vt mengurangkan: the number of refugees allowed into the country has been ~d, bilangan pelarian yg dibenarkan masuk ke dlm negeri telah dikurangkan; an injection was given to ~ the pain, suntikan diberikan utk mengurangkan rasa sakit; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fold2 | -fold suffix kali ganda: the population has increased three- ~ since 1940, bilangan penduduk telah bertambah tiga kali ganda sejak 1940. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| increase | vt menambah; (price, rate, tax, wage, etc) menaikkan: proper husbandry ~d his flock, pengurusan yg baik menambah bilangan ternakannya; the police will have to ~ their vigilance, pihak polis terpaksa menambah kawalan mereka; to ~ taxes, menaikkan cukai. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dwindle | vi 1. diminish, semakin /berkurangan, susut/; (of hopes) semakin /pudar, tipis/: the population is dwindling, bilangan penduduk semakin berkurangan; his fortune ~d, kekayaannya semakin berkurangan; 2. decline, semakin merosot: the port ~d in importance, kepentingan pelabuhan itu semakin merosot; 3. shrink, mengecil; (as st recedes from view) kelihatan semakin kecil: the star ~d to a speck in the sky, bintang itu kelihatan semakin kecil di langit; 4. (of race, species, etc) semakin pupus. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| exceed | vt 1. be greater or larger than, melebihi: the number of students in each class must not ~ 30, bilangan pelajar dlm setiap kelas mestilah tdk melebihi 30 orang; the amount of money collected ~ed all expectation, jumlah wang yg dikumpulkan melebihi jangkaan; the demand for cotton ~s the supply, permintaan thdp kain kapas melebihi penawaran; 2. ( derog ) go beyond, melampaui, melebihi: he was fined for ~ing the speed limit, dia didenda krn melebihi had laju; he ~ed his authority in arresting the man, dia melampaui bidang kuasanya apabila menangkap lelaki itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |