| emulate | vt 1. attempt to equal or excel, mengikut (jejak): he is determined to ~ the successful writer, dia berazam hendak mengikut jejak penulis yg berjaya itu; 2. rival, compete with, menyaingi, menandingi: some fashion designers try to ~ those of Paris, setengah-setengah pereka fesyen mencuba menyaingi pereka-pereka fesyen di Paris. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| catch | ~ up, mengejar; (in work, progress) mengejar kemajuan; ~ so. up, a. reach so. who is walking or running ahead of one, menyaingi sso: I had to run to ~ him up, saya terpaksa berlari utk menyainginya; b. reach the same standard as so. is, mengejar sso: our competitor in the business is too far ahead of us; we won’t be able to ~ them up yet, pesaing kita dlm perniagaan ini terlalu maju berbanding dgn kita; kita tdk mungkin dapat mengejar mereka lagi; ~ (st) up, a. seize st hurriedly, menyambar sst: she caught up the package and ran off with it, dia menyambar bungkusan itu dan membawanya lari; b. trap st, sst tersangkut: her scarf was caught up in the spokes of the bicycle, selendangnya tersangkut pd jejari basikal; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| keep | ~ up with, a. keep up to date with, mengikuti: he still ~s up with what is going on, dia masih mengikuti apa yg sedang berlaku; b. stay even (in competition etc) menyaingi, bersaing: he walked so fast I could n | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| approach | vt 1. come nearer,a. (in space) menghampiri, mendekati, merapati: we are now ~ing the House of Parliament, sekarang kita menghampiri bangunan Parlimen; as the train ~ed the station, the crowd surged forward, ketika kereta api menghampiri stesen, orang ramai berasak-asak ke hadapan; b. (in time) hampir (mencapai), mendekati: he is ~ing sixty, usianya hampir enam puluh tahun; 2. come nearer (in quality, character etc) a. (to a stage in life) hampir, hampir mencapai, mendekati; (to old age, senility) hampir: a boy ~ing adolescence, budak lelaki yg hampir mencapai usia remaja; b. (to a certain state, level), [various translations]: the building is ~ing completion, bangunan itu hampir siap; words that ~ treason, kata-kata yg hampir-hampir merupakan penderhakaan; c. (to so’s level of achievement, ability, etc) menandingi, menyaingi, menyamai: few writers can ~ him as a novelist, hanya beberapa orang saja penulis yg dapat menandinginya sbg novelis; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |