Past

//pɑːst//

Synonyms for "past" (182 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (37)

ancient departed erstwhile former last olden previous recent then above above and beyond across after ago agone antecedent anterior antiquated antique antiquity

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aorist aoristic background before behind beyond biography blown over by bygone bygone days bypast

Adjective(3 words)

foregone backward bygone

Adverb(1 words)

Strong matches (54)

Related words (91)

Related word relations

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14 relation types

More general

5 entries

period period of time tense time time period

More specific

4 entries

ancient former obsolete old

Antonyms

6 entries

future present to

Synonyms

1 entries

retiring

Related terms

72 entries

a hair past a freckle blow past breeze past brush past by-past file past first past the post fly-past flypast forepast get past get past oneself ghost from one's past go past half past half-past-six

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derived

18 entries

blast from the past in the past past anterior past continuous past historic past participle past perfect past progressive past simple past tense past the end of one's nose past-time pastless simple past thing of the past time past

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distinct from

4 entries

future now present recent

etymologically related_to

1 entries

pass

has context

2 entries

grammar postmodifier

is a

5 entries

history memory tense time time period

part of

1 entries

life

receives action

1 entries

fixed

related to

51 entries

ago already already happened backwards before before now before present beyond description future gone gone before gone time happened history long

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similar

51 entries

ago agone ancient bygone bypast chivalric departed early erstwhile foregone former

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Translations

390 translations across 106 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

verlede noun (period of time that has already happened)
verlede tyd noun ((grammar) past tense)

Albanian

3 entries

koha e shkuar noun ((grammar) past tense)
kohë e shkuar noun ((grammar) past tense)
shkuar noun (period of time that has already happened)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

παρελθών adj (having already happened; in the past)
παρελθόν noun (period of time that has already happened)

Arabic

4 entries

مَاضٍ adj (having already happened; in the past)
الْفِعْل الْمَاضِي noun ((grammar) past tense)
الْمَاضِي noun (period of time that has already happened)
الْمَاضِي noun ((grammar) past tense)

Armenian

4 entries

անցյալ adj (having already happened; in the past)
անցյալ adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
անցյալ noun (period of time that has already happened)
անցյալ noun ((grammar) past tense)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

keçmiş noun (period of time that has already happened)
keçmiş zaman noun ((grammar) past tense)

Bashkir

3 entries

үткән adj (having already happened; in the past)
үткән noun (period of time that has already happened)
үткән заман noun ((grammar) past tense)

Belarusian

3 entries

міну́лы adj (having already happened; in the past)
міну́лае noun (period of time that has already happened)
міну́лы час noun ((grammar) past tense)

Bengali

2 entries

অতীত noun (period of time that has already happened)
অতীত কাল noun ((grammar) past tense)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изминал adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
ми́нал adj (having already happened; in the past)
покрай adv (in a direction that passes)
ми́нало noun (period of time that has already happened)

Burmese

3 entries

ရှေး noun (period of time that has already happened)
အတိတ် noun (period of time that has already happened)
အထက် noun (period of time that has already happened)

Buryat

1 entries

үнгэрһэн саг noun ((grammar) past tense)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

минулый час noun ((grammar) past tense)

Catalan

3 entries

passat adj (having already happened; in the past)
més enllà adv (in a direction that passes)
passat noun (period of time that has already happened)

Cebuano

1 entries

kagahapon noun (period of time that has already happened)

Chinese

2 entries

гуәчи noun (period of time that has already happened)
過去 /过去 noun (period of time that has already happened)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

過去 /过去 noun (period of time that has already happened)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

经过 adv (in a direction that passes)
過去 /过去 noun (period of time that has already happened)
過去式 /过去式 noun ((grammar) past tense)
過去時 /过去时 noun ((grammar) past tense)

Chuvash

1 entries

иртнӗ вӑхӑт noun ((grammar) past tense)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

keçken zaman noun ((grammar) past tense)

Czech

4 entries

minulý adj (having already happened; in the past)
minulý adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
minulý adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
minulost noun (period of time that has already happened)

Danish

3 entries

datid noun ((grammar) past tense)
fortid noun (period of time that has already happened)
præteritum noun ((grammar) past tense)

Dari

1 entries

گُذَشْتَه noun (period of time that has already happened)

Dutch

4 entries

afgelopen adj (having already happened; in the past)
verleden adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
voorbij adj (having already happened; in the past)
voorbij adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

過去 /过去 noun (period of time that has already happened)

Esperanto

3 entries

preter adv (in a direction that passes)
estinteco noun (period of time that has already happened)
preter prep (beyond in place)

Estonian

2 entries

minevik noun (period of time that has already happened)
minevik noun ((grammar) past tense)

Faroese

2 entries

fortíð noun (period of time that has already happened)
tátíð noun ((grammar) past tense)

Finnish

4 entries

mennyt adj (having already happened; in the past)
mennyt adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
viime adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
ohi adv (in a direction that passes)

French

4 entries

dernier adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
passé adj (having already happened; in the past)
passé adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
passé adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)

Galician

4 entries

pasado adj (having already happened; in the past)
pasado adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
pasado adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
pasado noun (period of time that has already happened)

Georgian

2 entries

ნამყო noun ((grammar) past tense)
წარსულში noun (period of time that has already happened)

German

4 entries

vergangen adj (having already happened; in the past)
vorbei adv (in a direction that passes)
Präteritum noun ((grammar) past tense)
Vergangenheit noun (period of time that has already happened)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 adj (having already happened; in the past)

Greek

4 entries

παρελθοντικός adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
παρελθών adj (having already happened; in the past)
παρελθών adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
περασμένος adj (having already happened; in the past)

Hebrew

2 entries

עָבָר noun (period of time that has already happened)
עָבָר noun ((grammar) past tense)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

kinaradto noun (period of time that has already happened)

Hindi

4 entries

अतीत noun (period of time that has already happened)
गुज़श्ता noun (period of time that has already happened)
भूत काल noun ((grammar) past tense)
भूतकाल noun ((grammar) past tense)

Hungarian

4 entries

egykori adj (having already happened; in the past)
elmúlt adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
előző adj (having already happened; in the past)
előző adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)

Icelandic

2 entries

fortíð noun (period of time that has already happened)
þátíð noun ((grammar) past tense)

Ido

3 entries

pasinta adj (having already happened; in the past)
pasinto noun (period of time that has already happened)
pasinto noun ((grammar) past tense)

Indonesian

2 entries

kala lampau noun ((grammar) past tense)
masa lalu noun (period of time that has already happened)

Ingrian

1 entries

yli prep (beyond in time)

Interlingua

1 entries

passato noun (period of time that has already happened)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

زَمانِ گُذَشْتِه noun ((grammar) past tense)
ماضی noun ((grammar) past tense)
گُذَشْتِه noun (period of time that has already happened)
گُذَشْتِه noun ((grammar) past tense)

Irish

4 entries

caite adj (having already happened; in the past)
caite adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
thar bráid adv (in a direction that passes)
i ndiaidh prep (beyond in place)

Italian

4 entries

passato adj (having already happened; in the past)
passato adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
davanti adv (in a direction that passes)
passato noun (period of time that has already happened)

Japanese

3 entries

過去 noun (period of time that has already happened)
過去形 noun ((grammar) past tense)
過去時制 noun ((grammar) past tense)

Kapampangan

1 entries

milabas noun (period of time that has already happened)

Kazakh

2 entries

өткен noun (period of time that has already happened)
өткен шақ noun ((grammar) past tense)

Khmer

2 entries

អតីតកាល noun (period of time that has already happened)
អតីតកាល noun ((grammar) past tense)

Korean

4 entries

과거(過去)의 adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
이전(以前)의 adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
지나가다 adj (having already happened; in the past)
지나다 adj (having already happened; in the past)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

өткөн noun (period of time that has already happened)
өткөн чак noun ((grammar) past tense)

Lao

1 entries

ອາດີດ noun (period of time that has already happened)

Latin

4 entries

praeteritus adj (having already happened; in the past)
praeter adv (in a direction that passes)
praeteritum noun (period of time that has already happened)
praeteritum noun ((grammar) past tense)

Latvian

4 entries

pagājis adj (having already happened; in the past)
pagātne noun (period of time that has already happened)
pagātne noun ((grammar) past tense)
pagātnes laiks noun ((grammar) past tense)

Lithuanian

2 entries

būtasis laikas noun ((grammar) past tense)
praeitis noun (period of time that has already happened)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

mimo prep (beyond in place)

Macedonian

4 entries

изминат adj (having already happened; in the past)
минат adj (having already happened; in the past)
минато noun (period of time that has already happened)
минато време noun ((grammar) past tense)

Malay

2 entries

masa lalu noun (period of time that has already happened)
masa lampau noun ((grammar) past tense)

Maltese

4 entries

passat adj (having already happened; in the past)
passat noun (period of time that has already happened)
passat noun ((grammar) past tense)
passata noun (period of time that has already happened)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠰᡝᡳᠪᡝᠨᡳ noun (period of time that has already happened)

Mongolian

3 entries

өнгөрсөн цаг noun (period of time that has already happened)
өнгөрсөн цаг noun ((grammar) past tense)
өнгөрсөн юм noun (period of time that has already happened)

Māori

3 entries

mua noun (period of time that has already happened)
tuauri noun (period of time that has already happened)
whakapata noun (period of time that has already happened)

Norman

2 entries

pâssé adj (having already happened; in the past)
pâssé adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)

Norwegian

3 entries

bortenfor prep (beyond in place)
forbi prep (beyond in place)
forbi prep (passing by)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

datid noun ((grammar) past tense)
fortid noun (period of time that has already happened)
preteritum noun ((grammar) past tense)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

datid noun ((grammar) past tense)
fortid noun (period of time that has already happened)
preteritum noun ((grammar) past tense)

Occitan

2 entries

passat adj (having already happened; in the past)
passat noun (period of time that has already happened)

Old English

4 entries

forþġewiten adj (having already happened; in the past)
forþġewiten adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
forþġewiten noun ((grammar) past tense)
forþġewitennes noun (period of time that has already happened)

Ossetian

1 entries

ивгъуыд noun (period of time that has already happened)

Pali

1 entries

atīta noun (period of time that has already happened)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

прешлосц noun (period of time that has already happened)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Vegonenheit noun (period of time that has already happened)

Polish

4 entries

miniony adj (having already happened; in the past)
przeszły adj (having already happened; in the past)
ubiegły adj (having already happened; in the past)
czas przeszły noun ((grammar) past tense)

Portuguese

4 entries

passado adj (having already happened; in the past)
passado adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
passado adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
pretérito adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)

Quechua

1 entries

ñawpaq pacha noun (period of time that has already happened)

Romanian

4 entries

(de/despre) trecut adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
trecut adj (having already happened; in the past)
trecut noun (period of time that has already happened)
trecut noun ((grammar) past tense)

Russian

4 entries

мину́вший adj (having already happened; in the past)
про́шлый adj (having already happened; in the past)
про́шлый adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
проше́дший adj (having already happened; in the past)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

seachad adv (in a direction that passes)
an dèidh prep (beyond in place)
seach prep (beyond in place)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

prošli adj (having already happened; in the past)
prošli adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
prošli adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
прошли adj (having already happened; in the past)

Slovak

4 entries

minulý adj (having already happened; in the past)
minulosť noun (period of time that has already happened)
minulý čas noun ((grammar) past tense)
préteritum noun ((grammar) past tense)

Slovene

4 entries

minuli adj (having already happened; in the past)
pretekli čas noun ((grammar) past tense)
preteklik noun ((grammar) past tense)
preteklost noun (period of time that has already happened)

Southern Altai

2 entries

ӧткӧн ӧй noun (period of time that has already happened)
ӧткӧн ӧй noun ((grammar) past tense)

Spanish

4 entries

pasado adj (having already happened; in the past)
por adv (in a direction that passes)
por delante adv (in a direction that passes)
pasado noun (period of time that has already happened)

Sundanese

2 entries

harita adj (having already happened; in the past)
harita adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)

Swedish

4 entries

förfluten adj (having already happened; in the past)
förgången adj (having already happened; in the past)
dåtid noun (period of time that has already happened)
dåtid noun ((grammar) past tense)

Tagalog

3 entries

naganap noun ((grammar) past tense)
nakaraan noun (period of time that has already happened)
pangnagdaan noun ((grammar) past tense)

Tajik

4 entries

гузашта noun (period of time that has already happened)
гузашта noun ((grammar) past tense)
замони гузашта noun ((grammar) past tense)
мози noun ((grammar) past tense)

Tatar

1 entries

үткән заман noun ((grammar) past tense)

Telugu

4 entries

గత adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
గతకాలం adj (grammar: expressing action that has already happened)
జరిగింది adj (having already happened; in the past)
పూర్వపు adj (having already happened; in the past)

Thai

2 entries

อดีต noun (period of time that has already happened)
อดีตกาล noun ((grammar) past tense)

Tibetan

1 entries

འདས་པ noun ((grammar) past tense)

Tocharian B

2 entries

atit adj (having already happened; in the past)
kätkor noun (period of time that has already happened)

Turkish

4 entries

geçen adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
geçmiş adj (having already happened; in the past)
geçtiğimiz adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)
önceki adj (of a period of time: having just gone by)

Turkmen

2 entries

geçmiş noun (period of time that has already happened)
öten zaman noun ((grammar) past tense)

Ukrainian

4 entries

мину́лий adj (having already happened; in the past)
повз adv (in a direction that passes)
мину́ле noun (period of time that has already happened)
мину́лий час noun ((grammar) past tense)

Urdu

3 entries

ماضی noun (period of time that has already happened)
ماضی noun ((grammar) past tense)
گُذَشْتَہ noun (period of time that has already happened)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئۆتكەن زامان noun ((grammar) past tense)

Uzbek

2 entries

oʻtgan zamon noun ((grammar) past tense)
oʻtmish noun (period of time that has already happened)

Vietnamese

3 entries

quá khứ noun (period of time that has already happened)
thì quá khứ noun ((grammar) past tense)
thời quá khứ noun ((grammar) past tense)

Walloon

1 entries

passé noun (period of time that has already happened)

Welsh

2 entries

heibio adv (in a direction that passes)
heibio prep (beyond in place)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

過去 /过去 noun (period of time that has already happened)

Yakut

1 entries

ааспыт кэм noun ((grammar) past tense)

Yiddish

4 entries

עבֿר noun (period of time that has already happened)
עבֿר noun ((grammar) past tense)
פֿאַרגאַנגענהייט noun (period of time that has already happened)
פֿאַרגאַנגענע צײַט noun ((grammar) past tense)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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The past can only be known, not changed. The future can only be changed, not known.

Source: tatoeba (1744)

Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.

Source: tatoeba (18242)

Danger past, God forgotten.

Source: tatoeba (18396)

My financial worries are past.

Source: tatoeba (18506)

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