past

See also: pásť, pást, and päsť

past - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: päst, IPA: /pɑːst/
  • (US) enPR: păst, IPA: /pæst/
  • Homophone: passed

Noun

past (plural pasts)

  1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
    • a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
  2. (grammar) The past tense.

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Adjective

past (comparative more past, superlative most past)

  1. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
    • past glories
  2. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
  3. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
    • during the past year
  4. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
    • past tense

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Adverb

past (comparative more past, superlative most past)

  1. In a direction that passes.
    • Synonym: by
    • I watched him walk past

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Preposition

past

  1. Beyond in place or quantity
    • the room past mine
    • count past twenty
  2. (time) Any number of minutes after the last hour
    • What's the time? - It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12.15pm).
    • Antonym: to
  3. No longer capable of.
    • I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
  4. Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
  5. Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
    • Ignore them, we'll play past them.
    • Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.

Derived terms

Translations

  • German: jenseits sein von, darüber hinweg sein
  • German: darüber hinweg sein

Verb

past

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pass

Anagrams

past - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈpast]

Noun

past f

  1. trap (a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals)
    • past na myšimousetrap

Declension

singular plural
nominative past pasti
genitive pasti pastí
dative pasti pastím, pastem
accusative past pasti
vocative pasti pasti
locative pasti pastích, pastech
instrumental pastí pastmi

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past - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pɑst/

Verb

past

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of passen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of passen

Anagrams

past - Middle French

Noun

past m (plural pasts)

  1. food, meal

past - Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

past m (nominative singular past)

  1. food, meal

Descendants

past - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /past/
  • Syllabification: past

Noun

past f

  1. genitive plural of pasta

past - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /páːst/

Noun

pȃst f

  1. trap

Inflection

Feminine, i-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing. pást
gen. sing. pastí

Verb

pȃst

  1. supine of pásti
Meaning and Definition of past
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