| lead 1 | 3. see LEASH; 4. principal role in a play, film, etc, peranan utama; (attrib) utama: he is playing the ~ in the play, dia memegang peranan utama dlm lakonan itu; he was the ~ singer in the band, dia penyanyi utama dlm pancaragam itu; 5. principal news story, berita utama: the story was the ~ in every newspaper, cerita itu telah menjadi berita utama dlm semua surat khabar; ~ article, rencana utama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lead 1 | 3. see LEASH; 4. principal role in a play, film, etc, peranan utama; (attrib) utama: he is playing the ~ in the play, dia memegang peranan utama dlm lakonan itu; he was the ~ singer in the band, dia penyanyi utama dlm pancaragam itu; 5. principal news story, berita utama: the story was the ~ in every newspaper, cerita itu telah menjadi berita utama dlm semua surat khabar; ~ article, rencana utama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| main | adj 1. most important, utama: the ~ crop, tanaman utama; his ~ object, tujuan utamanya; the ~ reasons, sebab-sebab utama; ~ beam, rasuk utama; ~ bulwark, birai utama; the ~ road, jalan /raya, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| principal | adj first in importance, utama: the two ~ roles in the play, dua watak utama dlm lakonan itu; Malaysia’s ~ exports are palm oil and rubber, eksport utama Malaysia ialah minyak sawit dan getah; the ~ clause in a sentence, klausa utama dlm ayat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| mainspring | n 1. pegas utama;2. (fig.) sebab utama: profit is the ~ of business, keuntungan merupakan sebab utama sso berniaga. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| major | adj 1. (important) utama; (big, serious) besar: the ~ towns, bandar-bandar utama; the ~ roads, jalan-jalan utama; ~ problems, masalah-masalah besar; ~ surgery, pembedahan besar; he played a ~ part | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| uppermost | 2. most prominent, paling utama: concern for his own safety was ~ in his thoughts, perkara yg paling utama dlm fikirannya ialah keselamatan dirinya; the people’s welfare was ~ , kebajikan rakyat adalah yg paling utama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| predominant | adj 1. preponderant, greatest number, utama: Islam is the ~ religion in the country, agama Islam ialah agama yg utama di negara ini; green is the ~ colour of a peacock’s feathers, warna hijau ialah warna utama bulu burung merak; 2. having more power or influence, paling berpengaruh: Spain was the ~ power in Europe at the time, Sepanyol ialah kuasa yg paling berpengaruh di Eropah pd ketika itu; there can be no doubt as to who is the ~ partner, tdk dapat diragukan lagi ttg siapakah rakan kongsi yg paling berpengaruh. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| primary | adj 1. first in importance, chief, utama: lack of iron is the ~ cause of anaemia, kekurangan zat besi ialah sebab utama berlakunya penyakit anaemia; the government’s ~ task is to curb inflation, tugas utama kerajaan ialah membendung inflasi; 2. first, earliest in time sequence, awal: the woman’s breast cancer was diagnosed in its ~ stage, penyakit barah buah dada wanita itu dikesan pd peringkat awalnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| predominance | n1. preponderance, utama: there is a ~ of Muslims in the population of Indonesia, orang Islam ialah kumpulan yg utama di Indonesia; the ~ of bright red in the painting made it rather gaudy, warna merah garang yg menjadi warna utama dlm lukisan itu menyebabkannya kelihatan menyakitkan mata; 2. dominance over so., st, penguasaan: the country’s continuing ~ over the region is being challenged, penguasaan negara itu thdp kawasan tersebut dicabar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |