Past

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. No longer current; gone by; over: His youth is past.
  • adj. Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone: past events; in years past.
  • adj. Earlier than the present time; ago: 40 years past.
  • adj. Just gone by or elapsed: in the past few days.
  • adj. Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one: a past president; a past inmate of a cell.
  • adj. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verb tense or form used to express an action or condition prior to the time it is expressed.
  • n. The time before the present.
  • n. Previous background, career, experiences, and activities: an elderly person with a distinguished past.
  • n. A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful: a family with a checkered past.
  • n. Grammar The past tense.
  • n. Grammar A verb form in the past tense.
  • ad. So as to pass by or go beyond: He waved as he walked past.
  • preposition. Beyond in time; later than or after: past midnight; a quarter past two.
  • preposition. Beyond in position; farther than: The house is a mile past the first stoplight. They walked past the memorial in silence.
  • preposition. Beyond the power, scope, extent, or influence of: The problem is past the point of resolution.
  • preposition. Beyond in development or appropriateness: The child is past drinking from a bottle. You're past sucking your thumb, so don't do it.
  • preposition. Beyond the number or amount of: The child couldn't count past 20. See Usage Note at pass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
  • n. The past tense.
  • ad. in a direction that passes
  • preposition. beyond in place, quantity or time
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent
  • n. A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
  • preposition. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
  • preposition. Beyond, in time; after.
  • preposition. Above; exceeding; more than.
  • ad. By; beyond.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Gone by; belonging to a time previous to this; not present nor future: as, past time: one's past life.
  • Hence In the predicate, ago.
  • Spent; ended; accomplished; existing no more; over and done with.
  • That has completed a full term and is now retired: as, a past (or passed) master in free-masonry. See master.
  • That indicates or notes past time: as, a past participle; the past tense.
  • n. The time that has preceded the present; a former or bygone time, or the events of that time; that part of the history, life, or experiences of a person or thing that is passed: as, to forget the past; an unfortunate past.
  • Beyond.
  • Beyond in position; further than; also, by and beyond: as, the house stands a little past the junction.
  • Beyond the reach of; at a point that precludes or makes (something) impossible or improbable; out of the reach, scope, or influence of: as, past redemption; past all sense of shame; past comprehension.
  • Beyond in number or amount; above; more than; exceeding.
  • Beyond the enjoyment of; over and done with.
  • By; so as to pass and go beyond.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. earlier than the present time; no longer current
  • n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
  • n. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
  • n. the time that has elapsed
  • adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
  • ad. so as to pass a given point
  • Equivalent
    foregone    old    prehistoric    other    last    agone    knightly    one-time    ultimo    former   
    Verb Form
    pasted    pasting    pasts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    last past    preterite   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    elapsed    ended    spent    after    above    exceeding    by    beyond   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nast    aghast    amassed    asked    ast    bast    blast    cast    caste    classed   
    Unknown
    Television    Sports    History    Celebrity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    own    long    future    present    further    article    call    pronoun    fly    theory