| argue | ~ about, berdebat ttg, memperdebatkan, mendebatkan: they usually ~ about politics, mereka selalu berdebat ttg politik; let us not ~ about which method is the best, tdk usahlah kita berdebat ttg kaedah mana yg paling baik; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| debate | vi 1. engage in formal discussion, berdebat, berbahas: they were still debating when the House rose, mereka masih berdebat apabila Dewan bersurai; 2. engage in informal discussion, berdebat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| combative | adj (eager to fight) suka bertarung; (eager to argue) suka berdebat: his ~ attitude, sikapnya yg suka berdebat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| debate | n 1. formal discussion, perdebatan, perbahasan: parliamentary ~, perdebatan parlimen; 2. informal discussion, berdebat: after the lengthy ~ they decided to drop the matter, selepas berdebat dgn panjang lebar mereka memutuskan utk melupakan perkara itu; 3. (contest) pertandingan bahas: an inter-school ~, pertandingan bahas antara sekolah; /in, under/ ~, yg /di(per)bahaskan, di(per)debatkan, dipersoalkan/: the issue under ~, isu yg diperbahaskan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| argumentativeness | n sikap [sso] yg suka /bertengkar, berdebat, bertegang leher, berbantah/; (of younger family member, subordinate, etc) sikap [sso] yg suka /melawan, membantah/: the child’s ~ infuriated her, sikap kanak-kanak yg suka melawan itu menyebabkan dia marah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| argumentative | adj 1. apt to argue, suka /bertengkar, berdebat, bertegang leher, berbantah/; (of younger family member, subordinate, etc) suka /membantah, melawan/: an obstinate, ~ man, seorang lelaki yg degil dan suka bertengkar; 2. controversial, penuh dgn perdebatan: an ~ discussion, perbincangan yg penuh dgn perdebatan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| launch 1 | ~ into, mula + approp v: the panel ~ed into a heated debate, ahli-ahli panel itu mula berdebat dgn hangatnya; ~ so. into, menceburkan sso dlm: her inheritance enabled her to ~ herself into a career in advertising, harta peninggalan itu membolehkannya menceburkan diri dlm kerjaya pengiklanan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| launch 1 | ~ into, mula + approp v: the panel ~ed into a heated debate, ahli-ahli panel itu mula berdebat dgn hangatnya; ~ so. into, menceburkan sso dlm: her inheritance enabled her to ~ herself into a career in advertising, harta peninggalan itu membolehkannya menceburkan diri dlm kerjaya pengiklanan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fence | vi 1. practise fencing, bermain pedang; 2. evade giving direct answer, bertikam lidah, berdebat: they seem to enjoy fencing with each other, nampaknya mereka suka bertikam lidah antara satu sama lain; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| defensive | n ; be on the ~, bersikap mempertahankan diri: in every argument we’ve had, he was always on the ~, setiap kali kami berdebat, dia selalu bersikap mempertahankan diri. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |