🇬🇧 en nl 🇳🇱

past noun

  /past/ , /pæst/ , /pɑːst/
  • The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
 verleden, vervlogene, voorbije
  • (grammar) The past tense.
 verleden tijd, verleden

past adjective

  /past/ , /pæst/ , /pɑːst/
  • (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]
 verleden, voorbij, voorbije
  • Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.]
 afgelopen, voorbij, voorbije
  • Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous. [from 15th c.]
 voorbij, voorbije

past preposition

  /past/ , /pæst/ , /pɑːst/
  • Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
 voorbij
  • Beyond in place or quantity
 voorbij, verder

past adverb

  /past/ , /pæst/ , /pɑːst/
  • In a direction that passes.
 voorbij

paste noun

  /peɪst/
  • A soft moist mixture, in particular:
 pasta
  • One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
 stijfsel, pastei
  • One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
 deeg
  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
 stras

paste verb

  /peɪst/
  • (transitive) To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
  • (transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
 plakken

pasta noun

  /ˈpastə/ , /ˈpæstə/ , /ˈpɐːstɘ/ , /ˈpɐːstə/ , /ˈpɑstə/ , /ˈpɛstɘ/
  • (uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
 deegwaren
past tense
verleden tijd
past participle
voltooid deelwoord, verleden deelwoord
simple past
onvoltooid verleden tijd
past perfect
voltooid verleden tijd
go past
doorgeven
past imperfect tense
onvolkomen
half past
half twee
Ghost of Christmas Past
Geest van Voorbije Kerstmis
see past the end of one's nose
verder kijken dan zijn neus lang is, verder zien dan zijn neus lang is

🇳🇱 nl en 🇬🇧

use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as voorheen or vroeger
used to
wie de schoen past, trekke hem aan
if the shoe fits, wear it
op elk potje past een deksel
every Jack has his Jill
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