past

past  (pst)

adj.

1. No longer current; gone by; over: His youth is past.

2. Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone: past events; in years past.

3.

a. Earlier than the present time; ago: 40 years past.

b. Just gone by or elapsed: in the past few days.

4. Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one: a past president; a past inmate of a cell.

5. 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.

1. The time before the present.

2.

a. Previous background, career, experiences, and activities: an elderly person with a distinguished past.

b. A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful: a family with a checkered past.

3. Grammar

a. The past tense.

b. A verb form in the past tense.

adv.

So as to pass by or go beyond: He waved as he walked past.

prep.

1. Beyond in time; later than or after: past midnight; a quarter past two.

2. Beyond in position; farther than: The house is a mile past the first stoplight. They walked past the memorial in silence.

3.

a. Beyond the power, scope, extent, or influence of: The problem is past the point of resolution.

b. Beyond in development or appropriateness: The child is past drinking from a bottle. You're past sucking your thumb, so don't do it.

4. Beyond the number or amount of: The child couldn't count past 20. See Usage Note at pass.

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[Middle English, from past participle of passen, to pass; see pass.]

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past

Adjective

1. of the time before the present: the past history of the world

2. no longer in existence: past happiness

3. immediately previous: the past year

4. former: a past president

5. Grammar indicating a tense of verbs used to describe actions that have been begun or completed at the time of speaking

Noun

1. the past the period of time before the present: a familiar face from the past

2. the history of a person or nation

3. an earlier disreputable period of someone's life: a woman with a bit of a past

4. Grammar

a. the past tense

b. a verb in the past tense

Adverb

on or onwards: I called but he just walked past at a time before the present; ago: three years past

prep

1. beyond in time: it's past midnight

2. beyond in place: a procession of mourners filed past the coffin

3. beyond the limit of: riches past his wildest dreams

4. not put it past someone to consider someone capable of (a particular action): I wouldn't put it past him to double-cross us

5. past it Informal unable to do the things one could do when younger [from pass]

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Past

See also antiquity; future; history; memory; origins.

aboriginality

the condition of being first in a place and of having a relatively simple nature. — aboriginal, n., adj.

antediluvianism

adherence to or fondness for ancient things or customs. — antediluvian, n., adj.

antiquarianism

interest in the culture of antiquity, especially that of classical Greece and Rome. — antiquary, antiquarian, n. — antiquarian, adj.

archaeolatry

devotion to archaism. — archaeolater, n. — archaeolatrous, adj.

archaism

an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, etc. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. — archaic, adj.

chronographer

a person who records time or the events that have occurred in time.

chronography

Obsolete, the recording or study of past events.

medievalism

strong fondness or admiration for the culture, mores, etc, of the Middle Ages. — medievalist, n. — medievalistic, adj.

paleology, palaeology

the study of antiquities. — paleologist, palaeologist, n. — paleologic, palaeologic, paleological, palaeological, adj.

paleopathology, palaeopathology

Medicine. the study of diseases from former times as found in fossils and mummified remains.

paletiology, palaetiology

an explanation of events of the past through the laws of causation. — paletiologist, palaetiologist, n. — paletiological, palaetiological, adj.

papyrology

the study of papyrus manuscripts. — papyrologist, n. — papyrological, adj.

philarchaist

Obsolete, one devoted to the archaic. — philarchaic, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	past - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" past times, yesteryear time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past yore - time long past bygone, water under the bridge - past events to be put aside; "let bygones be bygones" old - past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history" time immemorial, time out of mind - the distant past beyond memory auld langsyne, good old days, langsyne, old times - past times remembered with nostalgia yesterday - the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays" future, futurity, time to come, hereafter - the time yet to come
	2.	past - a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" life - the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"
	3.	past - a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past past tense tense - a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time preterit, preterite - a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Adj.	1.	past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time outgoing - leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship" old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" present - temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations"
	2.	past - of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" preceding, retiring outgoing - leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship"
Adv.	1.	past - so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" by

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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 << OPPOSITE future

noun 2. background, life, experience, history, past life, life story, career to date

adjective 3. former, late, early, recent, previous, ancient, prior, long-ago, preceding, foregoing, erstwhile, bygone, olden << OPPOSITE future

adjective 4. previous, former, one-time, sometime, erstwhile, quondam, ex-

adjective 5. last, recent, previous, preceding

adjective 6. over, done, ended, spent, finished, completed, gone, forgotten, accomplished, extinct, elapsed, over and done with

preposition 7. after, beyond, later than, over, outside, farther than, in excess of, subsequent to

preposition 8. by, across, in front of

adverb 9. on, by, along

USAGE The past participle of pass is sometimes wrongly spelt past: the time for recrimination has passed (not past).

Translations

past [pɑːst] prep (= further than) → más allá de (= later than); después de

adj → pasado; [president etc] → antiguo

n (time) → pasado; [of person] → antecedentes mpl;

quarter/half past four → las cuatro y cuarto/media;

he's past forty → tiene más de cuarenta años;

I'm past caring → ya no me importa;

to be past it (col) [person] → estar acabado;

for the past few/3 days → durante los últimos días/últimos 3 días;

to run past → pasar corriendo por;

in the past → en el pasado, antes

past [pɑːst] prep (= in front of) → devant (= further than); au delà de, plus loin que; après (= later than); après

adv to run past → passer en courant adj → passé(e); [president etc] → ancien(ne)

n → passé m;

he's past forty → il a dépassé la quarantaine, il a plus de or passé quarante ans;

ten/quarter past eight → huit heures dix/un or et quart;

it's past midnight → il est plus de minuit, il est passé minuit;

he ran past me → il m'a dépassé en courant, il a passé devant moi en courant;

for the past few/3 days → depuis quelques/3 jours; ces derniers/3 derniers jours;

in the past (gen) → dans le temps, autrefois;

(Ling) → au passé;

I'm past caring → je ne m'en fais plus;

to be past it (Brit) (inf) [person] → avoir passé l'âge

past [pɑːst] prep (= in front of) → vorbei an +dat (= beyond); hinter +dat (= later than); nach

adj [government etc] → früher, ehemalig; [week, month etc] → vergangen

n → Vergangenheit f

adv to run past → vorbeilaufen;

he's past 40 → er ist über 40;

it's past midnight → es ist nach Mitternacht;

ten/quarter past eight → zehn/Viertel nach acht;

he ran past me → er lief an mir vorbei;

I'm past caring → es kümmert mich nicht mehr;

to be past it (Brit) (inf) [person] → es nicht mehr bringen;

for the past few/3 days → während der letzten Tage/3 Tage;

in the past (also Ling) → in der Vergangenheit

past [pɑːst] prep (= further than) → oltre, di là di; dopo (= later than); dopo

adv to run past → passare di corsa;

to walk past → passare adj → passato/a; [president etc] → ex inv

n → passato;

quarter/half past four → le quattro e un quarto/e mezzo;

ten/twenty past four → le quattro e dieci/venti;

he's past forty → ha più di quarant'anni;

it's past midnight → è mezzanotte passata;

for the past few days → da qualche giorno; in questi ultimi giorni;

for the past 3 days → negli ultimi 3 giorni;

in the past → in or nel passato;

(LING) → al passato;

I'm past caring → non me ne importa più nulla;

to be past it (BRIT ) (col) [person] → essere finito/a

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past

adj past [paːst]

1 just finished the past year. afgelope الماضي، الأخير минал minulý forgangen vergangen προηγούμενος pasado möödunud گذشته päättynyt, viime passé שֶׁעָבַר पिछला prošlost múlt yang lalu liðinn passato, scorso この前の 방금 지난 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 ohi, lopussa écoulé חָלַף समाप्त या पूरा होना u prošlim vremenima,koji pripada prošlosti elmúlt berakhir liðinn finito 終わった 지나간, 과거의 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 imperfekti passé עָבַר भूतकाल prošao,prošlo vrijeme múlt idő bentuk kala lampau þátíð passato 過去の ?문법? 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 ohitse devant עַל פְּנֵי- के परे, से अधिक pored el vki, vmi mellett melewati framhjá oltre, di là di 通り越して ?위치·장소? ...을 지나서 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 ?시간? ...을 지나(서) 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 옆을 지나(서) 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(사) 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 과거형[] 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 .