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   past

   /pɑːst/

   adjective

   • 1. gone by in time and no longer existing: "the danger is now past" Similar gone byoverover and done withno moregonedonedead and buriedfinishedendedforgottenbygoneformeroldof oldearlierlong-agoancientdefunctextinctliterary:of yoreoldenforegone
   • ▪ belonging to a former time: "they made a study of the reasons why past attempts had failed" Similar previousformerpriorforegoinglateerstwhileas wasone-timesometimeex-formal:quondamarchaic:whilomOpposite presentfuture
   • ▪ (of a specified period of time) occurring before and leading up to the time of speaking or writing: "the band has changed over the past twelve months" Similar lastrecentprecedinglatter
   • ▪ (of a tense) expressing an action that has happened or a state that previously existed.

   noun

   • 1. the time before the moment of speaking or writing: "she found it hard to make ends meet in the past"
   • ▪ the history of a person or place: "the monuments act as guidelines through the country's colourful past"
   • ▪ a part of a person's history that is considered to be shameful: informal "he was well dressed and enthusiastic, but the tattoo on his hand hinted that he had a past"
   • 2. a past tense or form of a verb: "a simple past of the first conjugation"

   preposition

   • 1. to or on the further side of: "he rode on past the crossroads"
   • ▪ in front of or from one side to the other of: "he began to drive slowly past the houses" Similar in front ofbybeyond
   • 2. beyond in time; later than: "by this time it was past 3.30" Similar beyondbeyond the limits ofin excess of
   • 3. beyond a particular point, stage, or limit: "he feels his opponent is past his prime"
   • ▪ no longer capable of: "he is past giving the best advice"

   adverb

   • 1. so as to pass from one side of something to the other: "a flotilla of glossy limousines swept past"
   • 2. used to indicate the lapse of time: "a week went past and nothing changed"

   Word Origin Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pastness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPAST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PAST definition: 1. in or to a position that is further than a particular point: 2. used to say what the time is…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pastPast Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. a. : ago. 12 years past. started working on this project 10 years past. b. : just gone or elapsed. for the past few months. I spoke with him this past weekend. 2. : having existed or taken place in a period before the present : bygone. In past winters, we have had much more snow. 3.

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pastPast - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   As an adjective, past describes what is no longer current, like the past president of a club or past fashion craze — it's over: its time has passed. Definitions of past. adjective. earlier than the present time; no longer current. “time past ” “his youth is past ” “this past Thursday” “the past year” synonyms: noncurrent.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPAST definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   You use past to talk about a period of time that has just finished. For example, if you talk about the past five years, you mean the period of five years that has just finished.

6. www.dictionary.com › browse › pastPAST Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Past definition: gone by or elapsed in time. See examples of PAST used in a sentence.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPAST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   used to refer to a period of time before and until the present: The average temperature worldwide has risen by about one degree Fahrenheit in the past 100 years.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › pastPast - definition of past by The Free Dictionary

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   1. The time before the present. 2. a. Previous background, career, experiences, and activities: an elderly person with a distinguished past. b. A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful: a family with a checkered past. 3. Grammar. a. The past tense. b. A verb form in the past tense. adv.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of past – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PAST definition: 1. having happened or existed before now: 2. used to refer to a period of time before and until…. Learn more.

10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › pastpast | meaning of past in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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    past meaning, definition, what is past: done, used, or experienced before now: Learn more.

11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryPAST - All you need to know about it | Collins English Dictionary

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    Definitions of 'past' 1. The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened. [...] See live in the past [...] 2. Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you. [...] 3. Past events and things happened or existed before the present time. [...] More. Grammar links for 'past'