secretive | adj inclined to secrecy, berahsia; (habitually) suka berahsia: lately he has been very ~ about his activities, dia begitu berahsia ttg kegiatannya kebelakangan ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
branch | ~ out, a. see vi (sense 1.); b. (of industrial, commercial operation or enterprise) memperluas + approp n: from furniture-making the firm ~ed out into shipping, drpd perusahaan membuat perabot, syarikat itu memperluas kegiatannya ke bidang perkapalan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
dovetail | vt 1. fit together, join by means of dovetail, bertanggam; 2. connect to form a whole, menyesuaikan: he was able to ~ his new hobby with his other activities, dia dapat menyesuaikan hobi barunya dgn kegiatannya yg lain. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
restrict | 2. limit (so’s, st’s) movements or action, menyekat: the bandages ~ed his movements, pembalut itu menyekat pergerakannya; ill-health has ~ed his activities over the past two years, keadaan tidak sihat telah menyekat segala kegiatannya sepanjang dua tahun yg lalu; 3. confine (so., st) to a particular subject or activity, mengehadkan, membatasi: the police department should ~ its activities to the maintainence of law and order, jabatan polis patut membatasi aktivitinya kpd pengawasan undang-undang dan ketenteraman awam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
restraint | n 1. act of restraining (os or so.) sekatan: they flung aside all ~s and enjoyed themselves to the full, mereka tdk mempedulikan segala sekatan dan betul-betul berseronok; 2. condition that limits o’s action or movement, menghalang, menyekat: his illness put some ~ on his activities, sakitnya itu telah menyekat sedikit kegiatannya; 3. restriction, sekatan: the Government has placed ~s on public spending, Kerajaan mengenakan sekatan thdp perbelanjaan awam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
inquiry | make inquiries, a. more commonly make enquiries, ask questions, bertanya-tanya: he made some inquiries regarding the possibility of setting up a factory there, dia bertanya-tanya ttg kemungkinan mendirikan kilang di situ; b. investigate, menyiasat: the police are making inquiries into his activities, polis sedang menyiasat kegiatannya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |