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Definition of Past
1. Adverb. So as to pass a given point. "Every hour a train goes past"
2. Adjective. Earlier than the present time; no longer current. "The past year"
Also: Noncurrent, Outgoing, Old
Similar to: Ago, Agone, Ancient, Bygone, Bypast, Departed, Foregone, Gone, Chivalric, Knightly, Medieval, Early, Former, Other, Erstwhile, Former, Old, One-time, Onetime, Quondam, Sometime, Former, Late, Previous, Historic, Historical, Last, Late, Recent, Olden, Other, Prehistoric, Prehistorical, Then, Ult, Ultimo
Antonyms: Future, Present
Derivative terms: Pastness
3. Noun. The time that has elapsed. "Forget the past"
Generic synonyms: Time
Specialized synonyms: Yore, Bygone, Water Under The Bridge, Old, History, Time Immemorial, Time Out Of Mind, Auld Langsyne, Good Old Days, Langsyne, Old Times, Yesterday
Antonyms: Future
4. Adjective. Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office. "A retiring member of the board"
5. Noun. A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret). "Reporters dug into the candidate's past"
6. Noun. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.
Definition of Past
1. a. Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
2. n. A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
3. prep. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
4. adv. By; beyond; as, he ran past.
Definition of Past
1. Noun. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) The past tense. ¹
3. Adjective. Having already happened; in the past; finished. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
4. Adjective. (context: postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
5. Adjective. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
6. Adjective. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹
7. Adverb. in a direction that passes ¹
8. Preposition. beyond in place, quantity or time ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Past
1. time gone by [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Past
| past (current term) past(a) past-master past-participle past-pointing past-tense past anterior past continuous past historic past historic tense | past imperfect tense past it past iterative past master past paper |
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