| ground 1 | pesaing-pesaing kita; get off the ~, a. (of an aircraft) naik; b. (fig.) mula bergerak: at last, the much publicised project is getting off the ~, akhirnya, projek yg mendapat banyak publisiti itu mula bergerak; go to ~, menyembunyikan diri: the criminal went to ~ when he heard the police were after him, penjenayah itu menyembunyikan diri apabila mendengar pihak polis sedang mencarinya; /hold, stand, keep/ o’s ~, (lit. & fig.) tdk berganjak: he held his ~ though he was threatened with dismissal, dia tdk berganjak walaupun diugut akan dibuang kerja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| diminish | vt 1. make less, mengurangkan: the government’s move to nationalize industries has diminished its popularity, langkah kerajaan utk memiliknegarakan industri telah mengurangkan kepopularannya; the long winter ~ed the country’s food supply, musim sejuk yg berpanjangan telah mengurangkan bekalan makanan di negara itu; 2. cause to appear less important, make smaller, mengecilkan: his political rivals were determined to ~ all his economic reforms, pesaing-pesaing politiknya berazam utk mengecilkan semua reformasi ekonominya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| jump | successful, dia selalu mendahului pesaing-pesaingnya dan mungkin inilah sebabnya mengapa dia begitu berjaya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| competitor | n 1. rival, pesaing; 2. contestant, peserta. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| buy | ~ up, membeli: a rival company made a bid to ~ up the chain of food stores, sebuah syarikat pesaing telah membuat bida utk membeli rangkaian kedai barang makanan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| compare | vi be worthy of comparison, se + approp adj: how do our designs ~ with those of our competitor?, adakah reka bentuk kami sebaik reka bentuk pesaing kami?; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| game 1 | adj (colloq) 1. spirited and brave, bersemangat lagi tabah: a ~ player, pemain yg bersemangat lagi tabah; a ~ competitor, pesaing yg bersemangat lagi tabah; 2. spirited enough, willing, sanggup: is he ~ to do it?, sanggupkah dia membuatnya?; be ~ for, sanggup: he is ~ for anything, dia sanggup berbuat apa saja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| acrimonious | adj 1. (of argument, quarrel) sengit, seru: an ~ dispute, perbalahan sengit; 2. (of remark, words, etc) kesat: ~ words passed between the rivals, kedua-dua pesaing itu saling melemparkan kata-kata kesat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| competition | n 1. act of competing, persaingan: there was keen ~ for the contract, ada persaingan hebat utk merebut kontrak itu; in ~ with, bersaing antara; (in contest, race, etc) bertandingan dgn; 2. event persons compete in, pertandingan: a ~ in essay-writing, pertandingan menulis esei; 3. person(s) competing with so., saingan, pesaing. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| enter | ~ into a. engage in, take part in, [various translations]: they ~ed into negotiations on the price, mereka mula berunding ttg harga itu; we should ~ into an alliance with the neighbouring states, kita sepatutnya mengadakan perikatan dgn negara-negara jiran; to ~ into a conversation with so., memulakan perbualan dgn sso; he ~ed into an agreement with his competitors, dia mengikat perjanjian dgn pesaing-pesaingnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |