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past > 7 senses
ADJECTIVE1pastEarlier than the present time
2past, preceding, retiringOf a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
3pastA verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time
ADVERB1past, bySo as to pass a given point
NOUN1past, past times, yesteryear, yoreThe time that has elapsed
2pastA earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
3past, past tenseA verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
past > pronunciation
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past > adjective 1
MeaningEarlier than the present time. No longer current.
Examples"time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
Attribute oftiming
Similarago, agone; ancient; bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone; chivalric, knightly, medieval; early, former, other; erstwhile, former, once, onetime, quondam, sometime; former, late, previous; historic, historical; last; late, recent; old; olden; other; prehistoric, prehistorical; then; ultimo, ult
See alsononcurrent; outgoing; nonmodern; old
Contrarypresent; future
past > adjective 2
MeaningOf a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
Synonymspreceding, retiring
Similar tooutgoing
past > adjective 3, pert
MeaningA verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time.
Examples"past participle"
Categorygrammar
Nounspast
past > noun 1, time
MeaningThe time that has elapsed.
Examples"forget the past"
Synonymspast times, yesteryear, yore
Narrowerbygone, water under the bridge; old; history; time immemorial, time out of mind; auld langsyne, langsyne, old times, the good old days; yesterday
Broadertime
Contraryfuture, hereafter, futurity, time to come
past > noun 2, time
MeaningA earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).
Examples"reporters dug into the candidate's past"
Part oflife
Broadertime period, period of time, period
past > noun 3, communication
MeaningA verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.
Synonymspast tense
Narrowerpreterit, preterite
Broadertense
Adjectivespast
past > adverb
MeaningSo as to pass a given point.
Examples"every hour a train goes past"
Synonymsby

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