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- Dictionarypast/pɑːst/
adjective
- 1. gone by in time and no longer existing: "the danger is now past" Similar
noun
- 1. the time before the moment of speaking or writing: "she found it hard to make ends meet in the 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"
- 2. beyond in time; later than: "by this time it was past 3.30" Similar
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"
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adjective. uk / pɑːst / us / pæst / past adjective (TIME BEFORE) B1. 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.
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.
Past events have already happened — if it happened an Ice Age ago, a century ago, or even a minute ago, it's in the past. They say the past is history and it's true. If you have ever been accused of "living in the past," you cling to what was instead of reveling in what is.
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.
Definition of past adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. uk / pɑːst / us. the past. B1. the time before the present and all the things that happened then: the distant / recent past. In the past people would bathe once a month. A2. the form of the verb which is used to show what happened in the past.
Past definition: gone by or elapsed in time. See examples of PAST used in a sentence.
1. singular noun. The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened. In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes died. See live in the past. 2. countable noun. Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you.
Definition of past adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
prep. beyond in time; later than; after: It's already past noon. beyond in space or position; farther on than: Go to the house just past the church. beyond in amount, number, etc.; over: past the maximum age. beyond the reach, influence, or power of: That patient is past hope of recovery.
