Betekenis van past In het Nederlands

• 0 in or to a position that is further than a particular point:

  • I live on Station Road, just past the post office.

  • Three boys went past us on mountain bikes.

  • Was that Peter who just jogged past in those bright pink shorts?

• 1 used to say what the time is when it is a particular number of minutes after an hour:

  • It's five/ten/a quarter/twenty/twenty-five/half past three.

  • I need to leave at twenty past or I'll miss that train.

  • She's past the age where she needs a babysitter.

  • Do what you want, I'm past caring (= I don't care any longer).

• 2 used to refer to a period of time before and until the present:

  • The average temperature worldwide has risen by about one degree Fahrenheit in the past 100 years.

  • I've been walking three miles a day for the past 30 years.

  • He was the fifth climber to die on these mountains over the past two days.

  • In centuries/years past (= many centuries/years ago) even visiting the next village was considered a long journey.

  • I know from past experience that you can't judge by appearances.

  • The prime minister's family have been instructed not to discuss his past life with the press.

  • I'm feeling much better now that the cold weather is past.

• 3 of the past tense:

  • "Must" does not have a past form.

• 4 the period before and until, but not including, the present time:

  • Evolution can explain the past, but it can never predict the future.

  • In the past, this sort of work was all done by hand.

  • By winning the 1500 metres, he joins some of the great names of the past.

  • He's a man with a past.

• 5 the form of a verb used to describe actions, events, or states that happened or existed before the present time:

  • The past of "change" is "changed".

• 6 the period before and until, but not including, the present time:

  • [ U ] In the past, a streetcar line ran down 13th Avenue.

  • [ C ] He never talks about his past.

• 7 having the tense used to describe actions, events, or states that happened or existed before the present time:

  • The past tense of "change" is "changed."

• 8 on the far side of something, or from one side to the other:

  • They live just past the post office.

  • Three boys went past us on bikes.

• 9 beyond or above a particular point:

  • Melissa is past the age where she needs a babysitter.

  • It’s already past noon.

• 10 above a particular age or outside a stated limit:

  • More and more people are working until past retirement age.

  • We're past the point where losing a couple of employees will save us.

• 11 during a period of time before and until the present:

  • Our costs have risen by 15% in the past year.

  • He's managed the sales department for the past 10 years.

  • We've been discussing the issue over the past few days.

• 12 having happened or existed before now:

  • I know from past experience that this campaign will work.