| unlikelihood, unlikeliness | n ketidakmungkinan, tiada kemungkinannya: the ~ of her ever marrying, tiada kemungkinannya dia akan berkahwin. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| apt | adj 1. appropriate, sesuai: an ~ quotation, petikan yg sesuai; 2. likely, besar kemungkinannya: too much ambition is ~ to cloud a person’s judgement, cita-cita yg terlalu tinggi besar kemungkinannya akan mengaburkan pertimbangan sso; she is ~ to jump to conclusions, besar kemungkinannya dia akan membuat kesimpulan dgn tergesa-gesa; 3. highly intelligent, pandai, pintar, cerdik: an ~ student, murid yg pandai; 4. quick, cepat: she is attentive and ~ to learn, dia seorang yg tekun dan cepat menangkap apa-apa yg dipelajarinya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| well1 | e. (with “can”, “may”, etc) besar kemungkinannya, mungkin sekali: according to the forecast this fine weather may ~ last until Thursday, menurut ramalan, kemungkinannya besar cuaca yg cerah ini dapat bertahan sampai hari Khamis; at that stage prices could ~ have continued to rise until the minimum wage became worthless, pd peringkat itu, harga-harga mungkin sekali terus-menerus meningkat sehingga gaji minimum menjadi tdk bererti lagi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| may | /~, might/ well, a. probably, mungkin sekali, besar kemungkinannya: I know she arrived this morning, so she ~ well telephone tonight, saya tahu dia tiba pagi tadi, jadi mungkin sekali dia akan menelefon malam nanti; b. not s | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| card | have a ~ up o’s sleeve, /ada, mempunyai/ jalan yg belum didedahkan yg memanfaatkan sso; lose (money, a fortune, etc) at ~s, mengalami kerugian besar akibat bermain terup; on the ~s, besar kemungkinannya: his promotion is on the ~s, besar kemungkinannya dia akan naik pangkat; play ~s, bermain (daun) terup; play o’s ~s /well, right/, pandai /mengatur langkah, bertindak/: if you play your ~s well, you will be selected, kalau pandai mengatur langkah, kamu akan dipilih; /put, lay/ o’s ~ on the table, membentangkan segala-galanya, berterus terang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sitting | adj the present member of Parliament, yg sedang menduduki (kerusi Parlimen): the ~ member of Parliament is unlikely to stand for reelection, besar kemungkinannya ahli yg sedang menduduki kerusi Parlimen itu tdk akan bertanding lagi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| evaluate | vt menilai: he felt it was too early in the day to ~ his chances of success,dia berasa masih terlalu awal utk menilai kemungkinannya utk berjaya; as they had only recently joined the organization, it is hard to ~ their contribution, disebabkan mereka baru sahaja memasuki pertubuhan itu, sukar utk menilai sumbangan mereka. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| miss 1 | ~ the boat, terlepas peluang: if you don’t reply by today you’ll probably ~ the boat altogether, jika kamu tdk memberikan jawapan pd hari ini, besar kemungkinannya kamu akan terlepas peluang sama sekali; ~ o’s footing, tergelincir: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
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| stack | ~ against; the /cards, odds/ are ~ed against so., kemungkinan sso utk berjaya /sangat tipis, tipis sekali/ bagi sso: I doubt he will win; the odds seem to be ~ed against him, saya rasa dia tdk akan menang; kemungkinannya tipis sekali. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| odds | n pl 1. (probability that st will or will not happen) kemungkinan, mungkin: (probability that so., st will succeed) kemungkinan akan menang: of course such a thing may happen, but the ~ are it never will, memang perkara spt itu boleh jadi akan berlaku, tetapi kemungkinannya tidak; what are the ~ of his winning?, mungkinkah dia akan menang?; who would put money on a horse at those ~?, siapa yg akan mempertaruhkan wang atas kuda yg mempunyai kemungkinan menang spt itu?; 2. (in betting and expressed in numbers) ods; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |