| affirm | vt 1. assert firmly, menegaskan, menyatakan dgn tegas: he ~ed his loyalty to the King, dia menegaskan kesetiaannya kpd Raja; to ~ that one is telling the truth, menegaskan bahawa sso berkata benar; 2. (leg.) uphold, mengesahkan: the judgement was ~ed by the appellate court, keputusan itu disahkan oleh mahkamah rayuan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| asseverate | vt menegaskan, menyatakan dgn bersungguh-sungguh: he ~d his innocence, dia menegaskan bahawa dia tdk bersalah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| insistence | n act of, a. (declaring, maintaining firmly) berkeras mengatakan, menegaskan: despite his constant ~ that he was innocent..., walaupun dia tdk henti-henti menegaskan bahawa dia tdk bersalah...; b. (demanding that st must be done) pendesakan, desakan: in the face of such ~, what could we do but comply?, apabila menghadapi desakan spt itu, kami tdk ada pilihan lain kecuali mengikut sahaja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| assert | vt 1. maintain, defend in words, menyatakan, menegaskan; (right) menuntut: to ~ o’s claim, menyatakan tuntutan sso; he ~ed his right to keep his vote secret, dia menuntut haknya utk merahsiakan undinya; 2. demonstrate the existence of, memperlihatkan, menunjukkan: to ~ o’s authority, memperlihatkan wibawa sso; to ~ o’s manhood, memperlihatkan sifat kejantanan sso; 3. declare positively, forcefully, menegaskan: he ~ed that he was innocent, dia menegaskan bahawa dia tdk bersalah; to ~ o’s opinion, menegaskan pendapat sso; 4. thrust (os) forward in an insistent manner, menonjolkan: he was a failure as a leader because he did not ~ himself sufficiently, dia gagal sbg seorang pemimpin krn kurang menonjolkan dirinya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contend | vt assert, maintain, menegaskan, berkeras mengatakan: she ~s that her brother is innocent, dia berkeras mengatakan bahawa adiknya tdk bersalah; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| aver | vt (fml ) menegaskan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| underline | 2. emphasize, stress, menekankan, menegaskan: the newspaper article ~d the same problem, makalah akhbar itu menekankan masalah yg sama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| urge | 3. insist on, stress, menekankan, menegaskan: the need for action has been ~d by the nation’s leaders, pemimpin-pemimpin negara itu menekankan betapa perlunya utk bertindak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| insist | ~ /on, upon/, a. declare, maintain firmly, /berkeras mengatakan, menegaskan/ bahawa: Salim ~ed on his brother’s innocence, Salim berkeras mengatakan bahawa adiknya tdk bersalah; b. demand, urge in emphatic manner, berkeras /hendakkan, mahukan/; (to do st) berkeras hendak: he ~ed on his sons being there, dia berkeras hendakkan anak-anak lelakinya hadir; the manager ~ed on punctuality, pengurus itu berkeras hendakkan para pekerja datang tepat pd waktunya; to my surprise, he ~ed on paying the bill, saya terperanjat apabila dia berkeras hendak membayar bil itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| emphasize, emphasise | vt 1. give emphasis to, menekankan, menegaskan, menitikberatkan: he ~d the importance of personal hygiene, dia menekankan pentingnya kebersihan diri; 2. stress (syllable, word, phrase) menekankan:“go to bed now,” he said, emphasising the last word, “pergi tidur sekarang,” katanya sambil menekankan kata yg terakhir; 3. reinforce, memperkuatkan lagi: his obvious sincerity ~s his warning, keikhlasannya yg ketara memperkuatkan lagi amarannya; 4. make sharper, clearer, memperjelas lagi: the sunlight ~s the shape of the mountain, cahaya matahari memperjelas lagi bentuk gunung itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |