| imperative | adj 1. urgent, essential, sangat mustahak, penting sekali: it is ~ that orders be obeyed immediately, adalah sangat mustahak bahawa perintah dipatuhi dgn segera; 2. authoritative, memerintah: he always talks to his subordinate in an ~ tone, dia selalu bercakap dgn orang bawahnya dgn nada memerintah; 3. (gram.) perintah, imperatif; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| before | ~ /all, everything / else, terutama sekali, pertama sekali, (yg) paling penting; ~ Christ, sebelum Masihi; ~ God, demi Tuhan; ~ long, a. (in relation to a certain point of time in the past) tdk lama /kemudian, antaranya/; b. (in relation to a certain point of time in the future) tdk lama /lagi, selepas ini/: you’ll regret your choice ~ long, kamu akan menyesal dgn pilihanmu tdk lama lagi; c. (in relation to the time of making statement) tdk lama lagi; the day ~ yesterday, kelmarin. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| head | at the ~ of, a. in front, di hadapan sekali: at the ~ of the parade, di hadapan sekali dlm perarakan itu; b. at the top, di atas sekali; /bite, snap/ so’s ~ off, /menengking, mengherdik/ sso; bring st to a ~, (act.) menyebabkan sst meruncing; (pass.) meruncing: the murder of a key member of the party brought matters to a ~, pembunuhan seorang ahli parti yg penting menyebabkan keadaan meruncing; cannot make ~ or tail (of), tdk faham langsung; /come into, enter/ o’s ~, terfikir, menyangka: it didn’t enter my ~ that she would be upset, saya tdk terfikir bahawa dia akan tersinggung; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| essence | in ~, pd dasarnya: the two arguments appear to be similar, but in ~ they are entirely different, dua hujah itu nampak sama, tetapi pd dasarnya sama sekali berbeza; of the ~, (fml) sangat penting: in giving first aid, speed and care are of the ~, dlm memberikan pertolongan cemas, kecepatan dan ketelitian adalah sangat penting. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contrast | n 1. comparison, kontras, perbandingan: he used ~ to show the differences in style, dia menggunakan kontras utk menunjukkan perbezaan gaya; 2. difference, perbezaan: the ~ between them is remarkable, perbezaan antara mereka menarik sekali; 3. (fine art & photog) kontras: the ~ of light and shade is important in photography, kontras antara cahaya terang dan gelap penting dlm seni foto; colour ~, kontras warna; ~ filter, penapis kontras; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |