| emphatic | adj 1. expressed with emphasis, tegas: he made an ~ gesture of disapproval, dia memberikan isyarat tdk setuju yg tegas; she expressed an ~ opinion on the subject, dia mengutarakan pendapatnya yg tegas ttg perkara itu;2. forceful and positive, a. (of person, personality) tegas: an ~ personality, emphysema n emfisema. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| forceful | adj tegas dan bersemangat; (of argument, point, style of writing, etc) hebat: his ~ character enabled him to get his own way, sifatnya yg tegas dan bersemangat menyebabkan dia dapat membuat segala-galanya mengikut caranya sendiri; it was a short but ~ speech, ucapan itu pendek tetapi tegas dan bersemangat; a ~ orator, pemidato yg tegas dan bersemangat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| decisive | adj 1. conclusive, muktamad: a ~ victory, kemenangan yg muktamad; 2. showing decision, tegas: a ~ mind, fikiran yg tegas; a ~ answer, jawapan yg tegas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| assertion | n 1. positive statement, kenyataan (yg) tegas: his ~ of innocence was disbelieved, kenyataannya yg tegas ttg kejujurannya tdk dipercayai; 2. act of, a. maintaining defending in words, pernyataan, penegasan; (right) tuntutan, penuntutan: the ~ of ownership, penegasan hak milik; b. demonstrating the existence of, memperlihatkan, menunjukkan: the ~ of control, memperlihatkan kekuasaan; c. declaring positively, forcefully, penegasan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bargain | a /good, bad / ~, tawaran yg /menguntungkan, merugikan/; drive a hard ~, tegas dgn tuntutan: he drives a hard ~ in all his business transactions, dia tegas dgn tuntutannya dlm semua urusan perniagaannya; into the ~, di samping itu; / it’s, that’s/ a ~, saya bersetuju, setuju; /keep, fulfill, meet/ o’s part of the ~, mematuhi /perjanjian, persetujuan/; /make, strike/ a ~, mencapai persetujuan, membuat perjanjian; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| foot | put o’s ~ down, (colloq) be firm, act decisively, bertegas, bertindak tegas: when my eldest daughter started coming home late, I decided to put my ~ down, apabila anak perempuan sulung saya mula pulang lewat, saya pun membuat keputusan utk bertindak tegas; put o’s ~ in /it, (US) o’s mouth/, (colloq) membuat kesilapan yg bodoh; put o’s feet up, (colloq) berehat dgn kaki terampu; / put, set / st on it’s ~, (business, organization, etc) memulihkan sst: he helped put the business on its feet, dia membantu memulihkan perniagaan itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| firm1 | do we have a ~ date for the president’s arrival?, sudahkah ada tarikh yg muktamad bagi ketibaan presiden itu?; she has very ~ views on sex before marriage, dia mempunyai pendirian yg tegas ttg hubungan seks sebelum berkahwin; there is no ~ evidence that the inhabitants spoke Latin, tdk ada bukti yg kukuh bahawa penduduknya berbahasa Latin; 6. (econ) steady, teguh, kukuh: the mark remains ~ against the yen, mata wang mark kukuh dibandingkan dgn yen; 7. resolute, decisive, tegas: you have to be ~ with that boy, he’s a troublemaker, kamu mesti tegas dgn budak itu, dia suka membuat kacau; the government is to take, ~ measures against drug pushers, kerajaan hendaklah mengambil langkah tegas thdp pengedar-pengedar dadah; “Don’t!” he said in a ~ voice, “Jangan!” katanya dlm nada yg tegas; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| assertive | adj 1. disposed to making assertion, bersifat pendesak: an ~ young man, seorang pemuda yg bersifat pendesak; 2. characterized by assertion, tegas: an ~ statement, kenyataan yg tegas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| decidedly | adv 1. clearly, definitely, nyata sekali: he is ~ better this morning, dia nyata sekali bertambah baik pagi ini; 2. firmly, dgn tegas: he answered ~, dia menjawab dgn tegas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| infirm | ~ of purpose, tdk tegas; the ~, orang-orang yg /tdk berdaya, lemah/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |