| constitute | vt 1. make up, form, [various translations]: seven days ~ a week, terdapat tujuh hari dalam seminggu; eleven men ~ a football team, pasukan bola sepak terdiri drpd sebelas orang pemain; the states that ~ the country, negeri-negeri yg membentuk negara itu; her cheerfulness ~s her main attraction, sifat riangnya merupakan daya tarikannya yg utama; ~ of, terdiri drpd: a government ~d of two parties, kerajaan yg terdiri drpd dua parti; 2. (fml) appoint to office, function, melantik: they ~d him their spokesman, mereka melantiknya menjadi jurucakap; 3. set up, menubuhkan; (law, regulation) membentuk: a provisional government was ~d, sebuah kerajaan sementara telah ditubuhkan; only the government can ~ such regulations, hanya kerajaan yg dapat membentuk peraturan sedemikian. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| adrift | adj & adv 1. terapung-apung: they were ~ for seven days in the Pacific, mereka terapung-apung selama tujuh hari di Lautan Pasifik; 2. (fig.) hanyut: to be ~ on a sea of trouble, hanyut dlm arus kesusahan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| failing | prep /sekiranya, jika/ [sso] tdk: ~ an answer, I shall expect you, sekiranya kamu tdk menjawab, saya akan menganggap bahawa kamu akan datang; ~ payment within seven days, we shall take legal action, sekiranya tuan tdk membayar dlm tempoh tujuh hari, kami akan mengambil tindakan undang-undang; ~ all else..., jika semuanya gagal...; ~ /this, that/, sekiranya tdk + approp v: you might find it in the drawer, ~ that, try the bathroom, kamu mungkin menjumpainya di dlm laci, sekiranya tdk ada, cuba cari dlm bilik mandi; ~ whom, sekiranya dia tdk ada. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| grace | 3. (in pl) pleasing way of behaving or doing things, adab: she doesn’t have any of the social ~s, dia tdk tahu sebarang adab sosial; 4. delay granted as a favour, period of time that remains, tempoh: I was to have paid up by today but then he gave me seven days’ ~, saya sepatutnya menjelaskan hutang saya hari ini tetapi dia memberi saya tempoh selama tujuh hari; 5. God’s mercy and favour, limpah kurnia: by the ~ of God, dgn limpah kurnia Tuhan; he relied on God’s ~ and wisdom, dia berharap kpd limpah kurnia dan hikmat Tuhan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| day | colonialism has had its ~, zaman kegemilangan kolonialisme sudah berlalu; if he’s etc a ~, sekurang-kurangnya: he’s seventy if he is a ~, dia sekurang-kurangnya berusia tujuh puluh tahun; in ~s to come, pd masa(-masa) yg akan datang; in a ~ or so, dlm sehari dua; in /o’s, so’s/ ~, a. in o’s, so’s lifetime, (pd) /masa, zaman/ sso dahulu: in my grandfather’s ~, pd masa datuk saya dahulu; b. in o’s, so’s young days, pd masa sso muda (-muda) dahulu, pd masa muda sso dahulu: she was a beauty in her ~, pd masa dia muda-muda dahulu dia cantik; c. in so’s period of prosperity, success, etc, pd masa sso dahulu; in /the ~s of old, ~s of yore/, (liter.) pd /masa, zaman/ dahulu; (in) these ~s, pd /masa sekarang, masa ini/, sekarang ini, kini: in this ~ and age, pd /hari, masa/ ini, pd masa sekarang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| go | they went through a traditional marriage ceremony, mereka menjalani upacara perkahwinan tradisional; i. see ~ over st (sense c.); j. (of book) diterbitkan hingga: the dictionary went through seven editions, kamus itu telah diterbitkan hingga tujuh edisi; ~ through so’s hands, dikendalikan oleh sso: big sums of money ~ through a banker’s hands each day, wang yg banyak jumlahnya dikendalikan oleh pengurus bank setiap hari; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |