| Triple Alliance | n Perikatan Bertiga. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| Holy Alliance | n Perikatan Suci. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| alliance | n 1. confederation (between nations) perikatan, bersekutu: Britain fought in ~ with France, Britain dan Perancis bersekutu dlm peperangan itu; they are in ~, mereka bersekutu; 2. tie, connection, hubungan: they hoped for a closer ~ with the National Union of Bank Employees, mereka mengharapkan hubungan yg lebih rapat dgn Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Bank; 3. pact, agreement, perjanjian; 4. nations involved in an alliance, negara-negara berikat; 5. (becoming rare) union through marriage, hubungan (melalui perkahwinan): an ~ by marriage between the two royal families is desirable, hubungan melalui perkahwinan antara dua keluarga diraja itu amat diingini. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| unholy | 3. deserving censure, reprehensible, patut dicela: an ~ alliance between the two opposing political parties, perikatan yg patut dicela antara dua parti politik yg bertentangan itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contract | vt 1. formally, undertake, membuat, mengadakan; (foll by infin) mengikat kontrak: to ~ an alliance, membuat perikatan; our firm ~ed to build the new hospital, syarikat kami telah mengikat kontrak utk membina hospital baru itu; ~ a marriage, mengikat tali perkahwinan; 2. a. cause to become smaller, shorter, etc, mengecutkan; (word etc) memendekkan, menyingkatkan: drying ~s wood, proses pengeringan mengecutkan kayu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| defensive | adj 1. serving, made, formed, etc for defence, pertahanan: a ~ weapon, senjata pertahanan; a ~ strategy, strategi pertahanan; a ~ alliance, perikatan pertahanan; ~ policy, dasar pertahanan; 2. (of person), (bersikap) mempertahankan diri: she became very ~ when I asked her if she had seen my purse, dia bersikap mempertahankan diri apabila saya bertanya sama ada dia ternampak dompet saya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| quadruple | adj 1. four times, empat kali ganda: output is ~ that of last year, keluaran ialah empat kali ganda drpd keluaran tahun lalu; 2. made up of four parties, empat pihak: a ~ alliance, perikatan empat pihak; | 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 |
| unlikely | adj a. will probably not happen, tdk mungkin (approp v): the widow is ~ to marry now, janda itu tdk mungkin akan berkahwin sekarang; as things stand, victory is ~, dgn keadaan yg ada, kemenangan tdk mungkin dicapai; in the ~ event /of, that/, sekiranya ada kemungkinan: in the ~ event of her marrying again, the money goes to the children, sekiranya ada kemungkinan dia berkahwin lagi, wang itu akan diserahkan kpd anak-anaknya; b. is probably not true, tdk dapat dipercayai: a most ~ story, cerita yg tdk dapat dipercayai langsung; c. unexpected, tdk disangka-sangka: the document was found in the most ~ place, dokumen itu dijumpai di tempat yg tdk disangka-sangka langsung; d. unpromising, dirasakan tdk mungkin: this ~ alliance cannot last long, perikatan yg dirasakan tdk mungkin ini tdk akan dapat bertahan lama. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |