Past Definition
păst
adjective
Of a former time; bygone.
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Immediately preceding; just gone by.
The past week.
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Gone by; ended; over.
Our past troubles.
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Earlier than the present time; ago.
40 years past.
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Having served formerly.
A past chairman.
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Synonyms:
noun
The time that has gone by; days, months, or years gone by.
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The time before the present.
American Heritage
Previous background, career, experiences, and activities.
An elderly person with a distinguished past.
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What has happened; the history, former life, or experiences of a person, group, or institution.
A woman with a past.
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The past tense.
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adverb
To and beyond a point in time or space; by; so as to pass.
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In a direction that passes.
I watched him walk past.
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Synonyms:
preposition
Beyond in time; later than.
Five past four.
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Beyond in space; farther on than.
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Beyond the extent, power, limits, scope, etc. of.
Past belief.
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Beyond in amount or degree; more than.
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Beyond in development or appropriateness.
The child is past drinking from a bottle. You're past sucking your thumb, so don't do it.
American Heritage
verb
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Past
- not put it past someone
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