past

Plural: pasts

Noun

• The time that has gone by; former times or events.
• the time that has elapsed
  • "forget the past"
• a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
  • "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
• The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
• The past tense.

Adjective

• earlier than the present time; no longer current
  • "time past"
  • "his youth is past"
  • "this past Thursday"
  • "the past year"

Adjective Satellite

• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

Adverb

• so as to pass a given point
  • "every hour a train goes past"

Adj

• Having already happened; in the past; finished.
• Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
• Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
• Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.

Adv

• In a direction that passes.

Prep

• Beyond in place or quantity
• Any number of minutes after the last hour
• No longer capable of.
• Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
• Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.

Verb

• simple past and past participle of pass

Examples

• a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
• during the past year
• Forget your PAST mistakes; focus on the next high-scoring Scrabble play.
• I watched him walk past.
• I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
• Ignore them, we'll play past them.
• past glories
• past tense
• Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.
• What's the time? - It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12.15pm) -O,K., we'll stop at half (past) twelve

Synonyms

by, past tense, past times, preceding, retiring, yesteryear, backward, bygone, foregone, forepassed, forepast, foretime, former, historic, historical, long ago, olden, past, preterite, the past, used-to-be, yestertide

Antonyms

future, present, to

Related Words

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