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Definition of 'past'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) past
gone by or elapsed in time:
The bad times are past now.

2.  past
of, having existed in, or having occurred during a previous time; bygone:
past glories.

3.  past
gone by just before the present time; just passed:
the past year.

4.  past
ago:
six days past.

5.  past
having formerly been or served as; previous; earlier:
past presidents.

6.  past
of, pertaining to, or being a verb tense or form referring to events or states in times gone by.

7. (n.) past
the time gone by:
far back in the past.

8.  past
the history of a person, nation, etc.:
a glorious past.

9.  past
what has existed or happened at some earlier time:
to learn from the past.

10.  past
an earlier period of a person's life, career, etc., that is characterized by imprudent or immoral conduct.

11.  past
the past tense.

12.  past
a form in the past tense, as looked or ate.

13. (adv.) past
so as to pass by or beyond; by:
The troops marched past.

14. (prep.) past
beyond in time; later than; after:
past noon.

15.  past
beyond in space or position; farther on than:
the house just past the church.

16.  past
in a direction so as to pass by or go beyond:
We went past the house by mistake.

17.  past
beyond in amount, number, etc.; over:
past the maximum age.

18.  past
beyond the reach, scope, influence, or power of:
past hope.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME; var. sp. of passed, ptp. of pass)

Definition of 'past'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) past, past times, yesteryear
the time that has elapsed
"forget the past"

2. (noun) past
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
"reporters dug into the candidate's past"

3. (adj) past, past tense
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

4. (adj) past
earlier than the present time; no longer current
"time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

5. (adverb) past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
"a retiring member of the board"

6. (adverb) by, past
so as to pass a given point
"every hour a train goes past"

Definition of 'past'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (preposition) past
(of time) after, later than
10 past 3 in the morning; just past 7 o'clock

2.  past
beyond a particular position
The drugstore is just past the parking lot.

3.  past
beyond an amount or level, or beyond a limit
The water has risen and is now past a safe level.; It's way past your bedtime kids.

4.  past
past it
too old
The toaster is past it - we need a new one.

5. (adverb) past
near and then to a position beyond
a truck driving past

6. (noun) past
the past
the time before the present
In the past, many people disapproved of divorce.; In history we study the past.

7.  past
in grammar, the form of a verb that shows an action that happened before the present time
Write three sentences in the past.

8.  past
everything sb has previously done in their life
actions in her past that she was not proud of

9. (adjective) past
recently gone by
The economy has slowed in the past few months.; She hasn't seemed very happy this past week.

10.  past
having happened or existed in a time gone by
Past experience tells me she won't listen to my advice.; Past attempts to change things have all failed.

11.  past
gone by in time
In years past, you could swim in the river.

Definition of 'past'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) past
by; beyond; as, he ran past

2. (noun) past
a former time or state; a state of things gone by

3.  past
of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences

4.  past
beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of

5.  past
beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour

6.  past
above; exceeding; more than

Translation of 'past'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: just finished the past year.
Afrikaans: afgelope	Arabic: الماضي، الأخير	Bulgarian: минал
Brazilian: passado	Czech: minulý	German: vergangen
Danish: forgangen	Greek: προηγούμενος	Spanish: pasado
Estonian: möödunud	Farsi: گذشته	Finnish: viime
French: passé	Hebrew: שֶׁעָבַר	Hindi: पिछला
Croatian: prošlost	Hungarian: múlt	Indonesian: yang lalu
Icelandic: liðinn	Italian: passato, scorso	Japanese: この前の
Korean: 과거의	Lithuanian: praėjęs, ankstesnis, buvę	Latvian: pagājis; aizritējis
Malay: lalu	Dutch: afgelopen	Norwegian: siste, forrige
Polish: ubiegły	Persian: گذشته	Pashto: تيره، ماضي
Portuguese: passado	Romanian: trecut	Russian: минувший
Slovak: minulý	Slovenian: pretekli	Serbian: prošli
Swedish: gången, förfluten	Thai: เพิ่งผ่านไป	Turkish: geçen
Taiwanese: 過去的	Ukrainian: минулий	Urdu: گذشتہ
Vietnamese: quá khứ	Chinese: 过去的
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