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past
[past]
adjective
gone by or elapsed in time.
It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone.
the past glories of the Incas.
gone by just before the present time; just passed.
during the past year.
ago.
six days past.
having formerly been or served as; previous; earlier.
three past presidents of the club.
Grammar.designating a tense, or other verb formation or construction, that refers to events or states in time gone by.
noun
the time gone by.
He could remember events far back in the past.
the history of a person, nation, etc..
our country's glorious past.
what has existed or has happened at some earlier time.
Try to forget the past, now that your troubles are over.
the events, phenomena, conditions, etc., that characterized an earlier historical period.
That hat is something out of the past.
an earlier period of a person's life, career, etc., that is thought to be of a shameful or embarrassing nature.
When he left prison, he put his past behind him.
Grammar.past tense.
adverb
so as to pass by or beyond; by.
The troops marched past.
preposition
beyond in time; later than; after.
past noon;
half past six.
beyond in space or position; farther on than.
the house just past the church.
in a direction so as to pass by or go beyond.
We went past the house by mistake.
beyond in amount, number, etc..
past the maximum age for enlisting in the army.
beyond the reach, scope, influence, or power of.
He is past hope of recovery.
past
/ ɑː /
adjective
completed, finished, and no longer in existence
past happiness
denoting or belonging to all or a segment of the time that has elapsed at the present moment
the past history of the world
denoting a specific unit of time that immediately precedes the present one
the past month
(prenominal) denoting a person who has held and relinquished an office or position; former
a past president
grammar denoting any of various tenses of verbs that are used in describing actions, events, or states that have been begun or completed at the time of utterance Compare aorist imperfect perfect
noun
the period of time or a segment of it that has elapsed
forget the past
the history, experience, or background of a nation, person, etc
a soldier with a distinguished past
an earlier period of someone's life, esp one that contains events kept secret or regarded as disreputable
grammar
a past tense
a verb in a past tense
adverb
at a specified or unspecified time before the present; ago
three years past
on or onwards
I greeted him but he just walked past
preposition
beyond in time
it's past midnight
beyond in place or position
the library is past the church
moving beyond; in a direction that passes
he walked past me
beyond or above the reach, limit, or scope of
his foolishness is past comprehension
beyond or above in number or amount
to count past ten
informalunable to perform the tasks one could do when one was younger
to consider someone capable of (the action specified)
Usage
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of past1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
McLaren have made their approach to handling their two drivers abundantly clear over the past two seasons - they allow them to race.
That was a fair victory for us, like so many they had in the past.
Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel over the past few days in retaliation for Israeli strikes on its military infrastructure on Friday.
Posters of his past projects still proudly hang in downtown shops, and the local tourism website offers a self-guided tour of “Dawson’s” filming locations.
“We’ve seen an exponential rise in college tuition and fees over the past two decades that has caused folks to think of whether a postsecondary education is worth it,” Itzkowitz said.
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