| preterite | n 1. past tense,kala lampau: the ~ of the verb “have” is “had”,kala lampau kata kerja “have”ialah “had”; 2. verb in the past tense, kata kerja kala lampau: “swam” is the ~, “swam” ialah kata kerja kala lampau. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| preterite | adj (gram.) kala lampau: a ~ verb, kata kerja kala lampau; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| past perfect | n 1. past perfect tense, kala lampau sempurna; 2. verb in past perfect tense, kata kerja kala lampau sempurna. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| past | tidaklah memeranjatkan saya jika dia mempunyai sejarah hitam; 5. ( gram. ) a. past tense, kala lampau; b. verb in past tense, kata kerja kala lampau; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pluperfect | adj& n(gram.) kala lampau sempurna. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| tense2 | n (gram.) kala: the present, the past and the future ~s, kala kini, kala lampau, dan kala depan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| continuous | adj 1. perpetual, berterusan: the brain needs a ~ supply of blood, otak memerlukan bekalan darah yg berterusan; a ~ jet of water, pancutan air yg berterusan; 2. (phys) selanjar: ~ spectrum, spektrum selanjar; ~ function, fungsi selanjar; ~ beam, alur selanjar; 3. (gram.) berlanjutan: future ~ tense, kala depan berlanjutan; past ~ tense, kala lampau berlanjutan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| past | 3. former, previous, lepas, lalu: the names of all the ~ presidents appear on the last page of the souvenir programme, nama semua presiden yg lalu terpampang di halaman akhir buku cenderamata itu; the ~ government, kerajaan yg lalu; 4. (gram.) lampau: ~ participle, partisipel lampau; ~ continuous tense, kala lampau berterusan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ago | adv yg /lalu, lepas/, dahulu; (ref to a longer period) dahulu, yg /lampau, lalu/: a few minutes ~, beberapa minit yg lalu; some weeks ~, beberapa minggu yg lalu; about seven or eight years ~, kira-kira tujuh atau lapan tahun yg lampau; /a moment, a short while/ ~, sebentar tadi; long ~, a. long since, pd suatu masa /yg lampau, dahulu/: it happened long ~, peristiwa itu berlaku pd suatu masa yg lampau; b. in bygone days, pd zaman dahulu, dahulu kala; not long ~, tdk berapa lama dahulu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |