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Past
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- 1 Having already happened; in the past; finished.
"past glories"
- 2 Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
"That had been, what, three years past?"
- 3 Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
"during the past year"
- 4 Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
"past tense"
- 1 of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office wordnet
- 2 earlier than the present time; no longer current wordnet
- 1 In a direction that passes.
"I watched him walk past."
- 1 so as to pass a given point wordnet
- 1 The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
"a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past"
- 2 a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past wordnet
- 3 The past tense.
- 4 the time that has elapsed wordnet
- 5 a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) wordnet
- 1 Beyond in place or quantity.
"the room past mine"
- 2 Any number of minutes after the last hour.
"What's the time? - It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12.15pm) -O,K., we'll stop at half (past) twelve"
- 3 No longer capable of.
"I'm past caring what he thinks of me."
- 4 Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
- 5 Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
"Ignore them, we'll play past them."
- 1 simple past and past participle of pass form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately."
Etymology
From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
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