Bahasa Melayu

lampau

Bahasa Melayu

English

extreme, past, over

Describing something that is far beyond the usual or belonging to an earlier time.

لمڤاو

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Keadaan itu sudah lampau dan tidak sesuai lagi digunakan sekarang.

    That situation is past and no longer suitable to use now.

  2. Jangan buat keputusan lampau tanpa memikirkan orang lain.

    Do not make an extreme decision without thinking of others.

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lampau

It can also mean something extreme or excessive in this sense.

Word family

Common derived forms

melampau
to be excessive; to go too far
melampaui
to exceed; to go beyond
terlampau
too; very

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.