| acquisition | n 1. act of acquiring, pemerolehan: the ~ of knowledge, pemerolehan ilmu pengetahuan; the ~ of adjacent lands, pemerolehan tanah-tanah yg bersempadanan; the ~ of a company, pemerolehan (se)sebuah syarikat; 2. st acquired, perolehan: territorial ~, wilayah perolehan; 3. welcome addition, /anggota, orang/ baru (yg berguna): he would be a valuable ~ to the team, dia akan menjadi anggota baru yg berguna bagi pasukan itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| derivation | n 1. obtaining (from a source) pemerolehan; (chem) penerbitan: the ~ of a myth from an icon, pemerolehan mitos drpd ikon; 2. origin, source, berasal: words of Sanskrit ~, perkataan-perkataan yg berasal drpd perkataan Sanskrit; he claimed ~ from French stock, dia mengakui dia berasal drpd keturunan Perancis; 3. (ling) a. process of word formation, proses penerbitan kata; b. etymology, asal-usul; 4. (chem & math), (process) penerbitan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| procurement | n (fml) acquisition (of goods etc) pemerolehan: the organization will confine itself to the ~ and distribution of food supplies, pertubuhan itu akan menumpukan pd kerja pemerolehan dan pengedaran bekalan makanan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| elicitation | n pemerolehan, usaha mendapatkan, elisitasi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ticket | vt 1. earmark, menguntukkan: these funds have been ~ed for library acquisitions, dana ini telah diuntukkan bagi pemerolehan perpustakaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| investment | n 1. act of investing money, pelaburan: he managed, by wise ~, to double his capital, dgn membuat pelaburan yg bijak, dia dapat menggandakan modalnya; to make an ~ in mining stocks, membuat pelaburan dlm stok perlombongan; 2. money invested, pelaburan: he gets a good return on his ~s, dia mendapat keuntungan yg tinggi drpd pelaburannya; 3. anything in which money is invested, pemerolehan: a lawn-mower is a good ~, mesin potong rumput ialah pemerolehan yg baik; as an ~, sbg satu pelaburan; 4. act of spending (time, effort, etc) penggunaan, menggunakan: he thought it a better ~ of effort to embark on an enterprise that he was certain would not fail, dia berasa lebih baik menggunakan tenaga utk memulakan perusahaan yg dia pasti tdk akan gagal. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| formality | n 1. quality of being formal, keformalan: the ~ of the court made him nervous, keformalan mahkamah membuat dia gugup; with ~, dgn formal: the guest of honour was received with ~, tetamu kehormat itu disambut dgn formal; 2. formal act, formaliti: the formalities involved in acquiring a passport, formaliti-formaliti yg bersangkutan dgn pemerolehan pasport; the interview was just a ~, temu duga itu ialah formaliti semata-mata. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| enunciate | vt (fml) 1. articulate, menyebut [sst] (dgn terang): he ~ the words slowly, dia menyebut kata-kata itu dgn terang dan perlahan-lahan; 2. express clearly or precisely, menyatakan [sst] dgn /terang, jelas/: he is ever willing to ~ his theories on second language acquisition, dia sentiasa bersedia utk menjelaskan teori-teorinya ttg pemerolehan bahasa kedua. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cultivation | n act of, a. (preparing land for crops) mengerjakan, mengusahakan; be under ~, sedang /dikerjakan, diusahakan/; bring land under ~, /mengerjakan, mengusahakan /tanah; b. (planting, raising) penanaman: rice ~, penanaman padi; c. (developing, improving by education, training or study) pemupukan, memupuk; (of mind) pembinaan; (of accent) pemerolehan: the ~ of a sense of good manners, pemupukan tingkah laku yg baik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gain | n 1. profit, laba, keuntungan: love of ~, suka mencari keuntungan; to invest a lot of money in property with the hope of ~, melaburkan wang yg banyak dgn membeli harta utk mendapatkan keuntungan; 2. advantage, improvement, [various translations]: his loss is our ~, kerugiannya ialah keuntungan kita; the compromises reached and the ~s achieved at the summit, tolak ansur dan kemajuan yg dicapai di sidang kemuncak itu; the Labour Party’s ~s in the election surprised many people, pertambahan kerusi bagi Parti Buruh dlm pilihan raya itu memeranjatkan ramai orang; a ~ in confidence, bertambah yakin; 3. act of gaining, acquisition, pemerolehan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |