a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent;
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n. | 1. | A former time or state; a state of things gone by. | |||
prep. | 1. | Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of. | |||
2. | Beyond, in time; after; | ||||
3. | Above; exceeding; more than. | ||||
adv. | 1. | By; beyond; |
Noun | 1. | past - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" Antonyms: |
2. | 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. | past - a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Synonyms: past tense | |
Adj. | 1. | past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" Antonyms: future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" present - temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" |
2. | past - of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" | |
3. | past - a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle" | |
Adv. | 1. | past - so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" Synonyms: by |