Past

[pɑːst] or [pæst]

Definition

(noun.) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.

(noun.) the time that has elapsed; 'forget the past'.

(noun.) a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); 'reporters dug into the candidate's past'.

(adj.) earlier than the present time; no longer current; 'time past'; 'his youth is past'; 'this past Thursday'; 'the past year' .

(adj.) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; 'a retiring member of the board' .

Inputed by Lewis--From WordNet

Definition

(v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

(n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

(prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

(prep.) Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

(prep.) Above; exceeding; more than.

(adv.) By; beyond; as, he ran past.

Typist: Miguel

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Spent, gone, ended, elapsed, gone by.

n. Past time, time gone by.

prep. [1]. Beyond, out of the reach of.[2]. After (in time).

ad. By.

Checked by Andrew

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Spent, gone_by, elapsed, departed, late

ANT:Present, unspent

Inputed by Isabella

Definition

pa.p. of Pass.—adj. gone by: elapsed: ended: now retired from service: in time already passed.—prep. farther than: out of reach of: no longer capable of.—adv. by.—The past that which has passed esp. time.

Editor: Lucius

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. A moving line called the Present parts it from an imaginary period known as the Future. These two grand divisions of Eternity of which the one is continually effacing the other are entirely unlike. The one is dark with sorrow and disappointment the other bright with prosperity and joy. The Past is the region of sobs the Future is the realm of song. In the one crouches Memory clad in sackcloth and ashes mumbling penitential prayer; in the sunshine of the other Hope flies with a free wing beckoning to temples of success and bowers of ease. Yet the Past is the Future of yesterday the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one—the knowledge and the dream.

Edited by Lester

Examples

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