| intermediate | adj in between, a. (gen) pertengahan: ~ course, kursus pertengahan; b. (of distance) sederhana: ~ range missile, peluru berpandu jarak sederhana; c. (econs) pertengahan; ~ term financing, pembiayaan jangka perte-ngahan; d. (biol) perantaraan: ~ cell, sel perantaraan; e. (geog) antara, antaraan: ~ rocks, batu antaraan; ~ standard time, waktu piawaian antara; f. (chem) perantaraan: ~ compound, sebatian perantaraan; g. (med) perantaraan: ~ host, perumah perantaraan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lingua franca | n lingua franca, bahasa perantaraan: he will present a paper titled, “Malay as a ~”, dia akan membentangkan kertas kerja yg bertajuk, “Bahasa Melayu sbg lingua franca”. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| agency | n 1. business, place providing specif service, agensi: advertising ~, agensi pengiklanan; news ~, agensi berita; 2. business, place of representative, agent, agensi: our firm has agencies in all major cities, firma kami mempunyai agensi-agensi di semua bandar raya utama; 3. intervening action, kuasa, tindakan; (of fate, providence) kuasa: the rock surface had been worn smooth through the ~ of water, permukaan batu itu dihakis licin oleh tindakan air; 4. mediation, instrumentality, perantaraan: to renew relations with a neighbouring country through the ~ of its ambassador, memulihkan hubungan dgn negara jiran melalui perantaraan dutanya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |