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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

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

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

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   • English (US)

     past. adjective. us / pæst / uk / pɑːst / past adjective...

   • Znaczenie Past, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     past definicja: 1. in or to a position that is further than...

   • Past: German Translation

     PAST translate: vergangen, vorbei, Vergangenheit(s)-…,...

   • Past: Catalan Translation

     PAST translate: passat, més enllà de, per davant, pel costat...

   • Past: Norwegian Translation

     past - translate into Norwegian with the English-Norwegian...

   • Past: Japanese Translation

     PAST translate: （場所）を過ぎて, ～の向こうに, ～の側を通り過ぎて, （ある年齢を）超えて,...

   • Past: Korean Translation

     PAST translate: 넘어서, (위치가) 지나서, (시간이) 지나서, 지난, 과거의, 지난....

   • Past: Italian Translation

     PAST translate: oltre, dopo, oltre, davanti a, oltre, e (per...

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   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.