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past [pɑːst] adj 1. completed, finished, and no longer in existence past happiness 2. denoting or belonging to all or a segment of the time that has elapsed at the present moment the past history of the world 3. denoting a specific unit of time that immediately precedes the present one the past month 4. (prenominal) denoting a person who has held and relinquished an office or position; former a past president n the past the period of time or a segment of it that has elapsed forget the past 2. the history, experience, or background of a nation, person, etc. a soldier with a distinguished past 3. an earlier period of someone's life, esp one that contains events kept secret or regarded as disreputable 4. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar a. a past tense b. a verb in a past tense adv 1. at a specified or unspecified time before the present; ago three years past 2. on or onwards I greeted him but he just walked past prep 1. beyond in time it's past midnight 2. beyond in place or position the library is past the church 3. moving beyond; in a direction that passes he walked past me 4. beyond or above the reach, limit, or scope of his foolishness is past comprehension 5. beyond or above in number or amount to count past ten past it Informal unable to perform the tasks one could do when one was younger not put it past someone to consider someone capable of (the action specified) [from passed, past participle of pass] Usage: The past participle of pass is sometimes wrongly spelt past: the time for recriminations has passed (not past) Past the condition of being first in a place and of having a relatively simple nature. — aboriginal, n., adj. adherence to or fondness for ancient things or customs. — antediluvian, n., adj. interest in the culture of antiquity, especially that of classical Greece and Rome. — antiquary, antiquarian, n. — antiquarian, adj. devotion to archaism. — archaeolater, n. — archaeolatrous, adj. an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, etc. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. — archaic, adj. a person who records time or the events that have occurred in time. Obsolete, the recording or study of past events. strong fondness or admiration for the culture, mores, etc, of the Middle Ages. — medievalist, n. — medievalistic, adj. the study of antiquities. — paleologist, palaeologist, n. — paleologic, palaeologic, paleological, palaeological, adj. Medicine. the study of diseases from former times as found in fossils and mummified remains. an explanation of events of the past through the laws of causation. — paletiologist, palaetiologist, n. — paletiological, palaetiological, adj. the study of papyrus manuscripts. — papyrologist, n. — papyrological, adj. Obsolete, one devoted to the archaic. — philarchaic, adj.
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past noun 1. former times, history, long ago, antiquity, the good old days, yesteryear (literary), times past, the old times, days gone by, the olden days, days of yore In the past, things were very different. former times now, today, future, present, tomorrow, time to come 2. background, life, experience, history, past life, life story, career to date shocking revelations about his past adjective 1. former, late, early, recent, previous, ancient, prior, long-ago, preceding, foregoing, erstwhile, bygone, olden a return to the turbulence of past centuries former coming, future, present, arrived preposition 1. after, beyond, later than, over, outside, farther than, in excess of, subsequent to It's well past your bedtime. adverb on, by, along The ambulance drove past. be past it be past its or your sell-by date, be on the way out, have seen better days We could do with a new car - the one we have now is a bit past it. Quotations "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there" [L.P. Hartley The Go-Between] "The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet" [Edward Thomas Early One Morning] "As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes" [Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale] "The past is never dead, it is not even past" [William Faulkner] "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" [George Santayana The Life of Reason] Usage: The past participle of pass is sometimes wrongly spelt past: the time for recrimination has passed (not past). Translations past [pɑːst] A. ADV B. PREP 1. (in place) 1.1. (= passing by) → por delante de we went past your house → pasamos por delante de tu casa we drove past a flock of sheep → pasamos al lado de un rebaño de ovejas con el coche 1.2. (= beyond) → más allá de just past the town hall → un poco más allá del Ayuntamiento it's the first house past the park → es la primera casa después del parque first you have to get past a fierce dog → antes de entrar vas a tener que vértelas con un perro fiero we couldn't get past the crowds of people → no pudimos abrirnos paso entre la muchedumbre she just pushed past me → pasó pegándome un empujón to run past sb → pasar a algn corriendo 2. (in time) quarter/half past four → las cuatro y cuarto/media at twenty past four → a las cuatro y veinte it's past twelve → son las doce pasadas it's long past the time he normally gets back → él normalmente hubiese llegado hace tiempo it's past your bedtime → ya tenías que estar durmiendo 3. (= beyond the limits of) he's past 40 → tiene más de 40 años it's past mending → ya no tiene remedio it's past belief → es increíble I'm past caring → ya me trae sin cuidado it's past endurance → es intolerable to be past it [person] → estar para el arrastre those jeans are a bit past it → esos vaqueros ya están como para jubilarlos I wouldn't put it past him → no me extrañaría en él, lo creo capaz hasta de eso C. ADJ 1. (= previous) [occasion] → anterior past experience tells me not to trust him → sé por experiencia que no debo fiarme de él I'm not interested in his past life → no me interesa su pasado we must have met in a past life → seguro que nos hemos conocido en una vida anterior in past years → en años anteriores 2. (= former) → antiguo past president of → antiguo presidente de ..., ex presidente de ... her past and present pupils → sus alumnos de ayer y de hoy 3. (= most recent, last) → último the past few weeks have been hell → las últimas semanas han sido un verdadero infierno she has got worse in the past few days → su condición ha empeorado en los últimos días what has happened over the past week/year? → ¿qué ha pasado en la última semana/el último año? D. N 1. (= past times) the past → el pasado you mustn't dwell on the past → no debes pensar demasiado en el pasado you can't change the past → no puedes cambiar el pasado in the past it was considered bad manners to → antes or antiguamente se consideraba de mala educación hacer ... I've always done it like this in the past → yo siempre lo he hecho así you're living in the past → estás viviendo en el pasado it's a thing of the past → pertenece a la historia E. CPD past participle N (Ling) → participio m pasado or pasivo past perfect N (Ling) → pluscuamperfecto m past tense N (Ling) → (tiempo m) pasado m past [ˈpɑːst] prep (= further on than) → après It's on the right, just past the station → C'est sur la droite, juste après la gare. The farm was just past the village → La ferme était juste après le village. to go past vt (= go in front of) → passer devant The bus goes past our house → Le bus passe devant notre maison. (= overshoot) → dépasser I think we must have gone past the turn → Je crois que nous avons dépassé l'embranchement. to walk past vt [+ place] → passer devant (à pied); [+ person] → passer devant to dash past sb → passer en courant devant qn to drive past a house [person] → passer devant une maison (en voiture) (= later than) → après two months past its deadline → deux mois après la date limite It was just past dinner time → C'était juste après l'heure du dîner. It's past midnight BUT Il est minuit passé. It's long past bedtime, Hugo BUT Tu devrais être au lit depuis longtemps, Hugo. It was well past closing time BUT L'heure de la fermeture était passée depuis longtemps. (telling the time) it's half past ten → il est dix heures et demie it's quarter past nine → il est neuf heures et quart it's ten past eight → il est huit heures dix (= older than) he's past forty → il a dépassé la quarantaine, il a plus de quarante ans to be past it (British) (= no longer any good) [person] → ne plus être à la hauteur (= thing) → ne plus être de la première jeunesse adj [event, experience, life] → passé(e) [day, week, year] → dernier/ère I've spent most of the past eight years at sea → J'ai passé la plupart de ces huit dernières années en mer. the past few days → ces derniers jours for the past few days → depuis quelques jours for the past year → depuis un an I've been homeless for the past year → Je suis sans domicile fixe depuis un an. [verb] → au passé [government, leader] (= preceding) → précédent(e) (= in the past) → ancien(ne) all past governments → tous les gouvernements précédents all the past US presidents → tous les anciens présidents des EU past adj → frühe(r, s) attr, → vergangene(r, s) attr; for some time past → seit einiger Zeit; in times past → in früheren or vergangenen Zeiten; it’s past history now → das gehört jetzt der Vergangenheit an; all that is now past → das ist jetzt alles vorüber or vorbei; what’s past is past → was vorbei ist, ist vorbei; in the past week → letzte or vorige or vergangene Woche, in der letzten or vergangenen Woche; past president → früherer Präsident n → Vergangenheit f; to learn the lessons of the past → die Lehren aus der Vergangenheit ziehen; in the past → in der Vergangenheit, früher; events in the recent past have shown that … → die jüngsten Ereignisse haben gezeigt, dass …; to live in the past → in der Vergangenheit leben; to be a thing of the past → der Vergangenheit (dat) → angehören; that’s all in the past now → das ist jetzt alles Vergangenheit; a town/woman with a past → eine Stadt/Frau mit Vergangenheit; he was believed to have a “past” → man nahm an, dass er kein unbeschriebenes Blatt sei (Gram) → Vergangenheit f, → Präteritum nt; the verb is in the past → das Verb steht in der Vergangenheit prep (motion) → an (+dat) → … vorbei or vorüber; (position: = beyond) → hinter (+dat), → nach (+dat); just past the library → kurz nach or hinter der Bücherei; to run past somebody → an jdm vorbeilaufen; he stared straight past me → er starrte geradeaus an mir vorbei (time) → nach (+dat); ten (minutes) past three → zehn (Minuten) nach drei; half past four → halb fünf; a quarter past nine → Viertel nach neun; it’s past 12 → es ist schon nach 12 or 12 vorbei; the trains run at a quarter past the hour → die Züge gehen jeweils um Viertel nach; it’s (well) past your bedtime → du solltest schon längst im Bett liegen (= beyond) → über (+acc); past forty → über vierzig; the patient is past saving → der Patient ist nicht mehr zu retten; we’re past caring → es kümmert uns nicht mehr; to be past something → für etw zu alt sein; my car is getting past it (inf) → mein Auto tuts allmählich nicht mehr, mein Auto bringts nicht mehr (inf); he’s past it (inf) → er ist zu alt, er ist ein bisschen alt (dafür), er bringts nicht mehr (sl); she’s getting a bit past it (inf) → sie wird allmählich alt; I wouldn’t put it past him (inf) → ich würde es ihm schon zutrauen past: past perfect n → Plusquamperfekt nt, → Vorvergangenheit f past [pɑːst] 1. adv to walk past, go past → passare to run or dash past → passare di corsa the days flew past → i giorni sono volati (via) 2. prep a. (in place, in front of) → davanti a; (beyond) → oltre, di là di, dopo I go past the school every day → passo davanti alla scuola ogni giorno it's just past the church → è appena oltre la chiesa b. (in time) → passato/a it's past midnight → è mezzanotte passata quarter/half past four → le quattro e un quarto/e mezzo at twenty past four → alle quattro e venti c. (beyond the limits of) → al di là di, oltre it's past belief → è assolutamente incredibile I'm past caring → non me ne importa più nulla she's past forty → ha passato i quaranta to be past it (fam) (person) → essere finito/a (object) → essere da buttar via I wouldn't put it past her to do it (fam) → non sarei affatto sorpreso se lo facesse 3. adj (gen) (Gram) → passato/a; (president, pupil) → ex inv for some time past → da qualche tempo for the past few days → da qualche giorno, in questi ultimi giorni for the past 3 days → negli ultimi 3 giorni in past years → negli anni passati those days are past now → è passato quel tempo 4. n → passato in the past → in or nel passato (Gram) → al passato it's a thing of the past → è una cosa del passato past [pɑːst] 1. adv to walk past, go past → passare to run or dash past → passare di corsa the days flew past → i giorni sono volati (via) 2. prep a. (in place, in front of) → davanti a; (beyond) → oltre, di là di, dopo I go past the school every day → passo davanti alla scuola ogni giorno it's just past the church → è appena oltre la chiesa b. (in time) → passato/a it's past midnight → è mezzanotte passata quarter/half past four → le quattro e un quarto/e mezzo at twenty past four → alle quattro e venti c. (beyond the limits of) → al di là di, oltre it's past belief → è assolutamente incredibile I'm past caring → non me ne importa più nulla she's past forty → ha passato i quaranta to be past it (fam) (person) → essere finito/a (object) → essere da buttar via I wouldn't put it past her to do it (fam) → non sarei affatto sorpreso se lo facesse adj past [paːst] 1 just finished the past year. afgelope الماضي، الأخير минал minulý forgangen vergangen προηγούμενος pasado möödunud گذشته viime passé שֶׁעָבַר पिछला prošlost múlt yang lalu liðinn passato, scorso この前の 과거의 praėjęs, ankstesnis, buvęs, paskutinis pagājis; aizritējis lalu afgelopen siste, forrige ubiegły passado trecut минувший minulý pretekli prošli gången, förfluten เพิ่งผ่านไป geçen 過去的 минулий گذشتہ quá khứ 过去的 2 over, finished or ended, of an earlier time than the present The time for discussion is past. verby ماضٍ، انتهى минал pryč forbi vorbei περασμένος pasado möödas گذشته؛ پایان یافته mennyt écoulé חָלַף समाप्त या पूरा होना u prošlim vremenima,koji pripada prošlosti elmúlt berakhir liðinn finito 終わった 끝난 pasibaigęs, praėjęs beidzies; pagājis tamat voorbij over, forbi, slutt miniony passado terminat истекший preč izteči se prošao förbi ที่ผ่านไปแล้ว geçmiş 完成 минулий ماضي đã qua 完成 3 (of the tense of a verb) indicating action in the past In `He did it', the verb is in the past tense. verlede tyd الفِعل في الزَّمن الماضي минал minulý datid Vergangenheit(s)-... παρελθοντικός χρόνος (γραμμ.) pasado mineviku(aeg) گذشته (verbin imperfektimuoto) passé עָבַר भूतकाल prošao,prošlo vrijeme múlt idő bentuk kala lampau þátíð passato 過去の 과거(형)의 būtasis pagātnes- lampau verleden fortid, preteritum (czas) przeszły passado trecut прошедший minulý preteklik prošlo vreme förfluten, imperfekt แสดงเหตุการณ์ในอดีต geçmiş 過去[時]的 минулий فعل ماضي سے متعلق thời quá khứ 过去[时]的 prep 1 up to and beyond; by He ran past me. verby أمامي ، عَبْرَ покрай za forbi hinterher μπροστά από por delante de mööda آنطرف تر؛ ماورای yli devant עַל פְּנֵי- के परे, से अधिक pored el vki, vmi mellett melewati framhjá oltre, di là di 通り越して (~을) 지나쳐서 pro, už, virš garām, gar melewati voorbij, langs... heen forbi obok além de pe lângă мимо za, mimo, vedľa mimo pored förbi พ้น ...-in yanından (...-erek geçmek) 越過 мимо, повз کے پاس سے qua 越过 2 after It's past six o'clock. ná بَعْد след pryč over nach μετά pasadas üle, läbi بعد از yli passé אַחֲרֵי- के बाद poslije múlt lewat (fram) yfir dopo più di 過ぎて (~을) 지나 po pāri lebih over over po depois de peste после; за preč, po čez prošlo över เลย geçiyor 在...之後,過 після, за بعد quá 在...之后,过 adv up to and beyond (a particular place, person etc) The soldiers marched past. verby عَبْر، مُجْتازين покрай mimo forbi die Vergangenheit από μπροστά por delante (de) mööda فراتر؛ فراسوی ohi au delà de, plus loin que מֵעֵבֶר ל- द्वारा, से mimo,kraj el- (vonul stb.) vki, vmi mellett lewat (fram)hjá oltre 通り過ぎて 지나쳐서 pro šalį garām lalu voorbij forbi obok em frente mai departe (de), dincolo (de) мимо mimo, okolo mimo pored förbi เลยผ่าน ...-in yanından/önünden öteye 過 по ту сторону سے آگے qua 过 n 1 a person's earlier life or career, especially if secret or not respectable He never spoke about his past. verlede ماضي الأنْسان минало minulost fortid die Vergangenheit παρελθόν pasado minevik سابقه؛ سرگذشت menneisyys passé עָבָר अतीत prošlost előélet, múlt masa lalu fortíð passato 前歴 과거 praeitis pagātne masa silam verleden fortid przeszłość passado trecut прошлое minulosť preteklost prošlost det förflutna สิ่งที่เกิดในอดีต geçmiş, mazi 往事 минуле ماضي کي ذندگي quá khứ 往事 2 the past tense a verb in the past. verlede tyd الفِعْل في الزَّمَن الماضي минало време minulý čas datid früher παρελθοντικός χρόνος (γραμμ.) pasado minevik زمان گذشته imperfekti passé עָבָר भूतकाल prošlo vrijeme múlt idő bentuk lampau þátíð passato 過去形 과거(형) būtasis laikas pagātne, pagātnes laiks lampau de verleden tijd fortid, preteritum czas przeszły passado trecut прошедшее время minulý čas preteklik prošlo vreme förfluten [], imperfekt รูปกริยาแสดงเหตุการณ์ในอดีต geçmiş zaman 過去時 минулий час زمانۂ ماضي thời quá khứ 过去时 the past the time which was before the present In the past, houses were built of wood or stone. die verlede, vroeër الماضي в миналото minulost fortiden die Vergangenheit το παρελθόν pasado minevik در گذشته menneisyys passé הֶעָבָר प्राचीन काल में u prošlim vremenima a múlt masa lalu fortíð; áður fyrr passato 昔 과거 praeitis pagātne; senāk zaman dahulu verleden fortida, svunne tider przeszłość passado trecutul прошлое minulosť preteklost prošlost förr, det förflutna เวลาก่อนปัจจุบัน geçmiş (zaman) 昔日 минуле پہلے، ماضي thời quá khứ 昔日 see also passed . past → بَعْد, ماضي, منصرم dřívější, minulost, po forbi, fortid, tidligere nach, vergangen, Vergangenheit μετά από, παρελθόν, περασμένος después de, pasado menneisyys, mennyt, ohi après, passé mimo, prošao, prošlost passato ・・・を過ぎて, 過ぎ去った, 過去 …을 지나서, 과거, 과거의 verleden, voorbij, vroeger forbi, forhenværende, fortid po, przeszłość, przeszły para além de, passado за, прошедший, прошлое förbi, förfluten, förflutet เลยผ่าน, ที่ผ่านไปแล้ว, สิ่งที่เกิดในอดีต geçmiş, yoluyla đã qua, qua, quá khứ 越过, 过去, 过去的 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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