past
past - English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: päst, IPA: /pɑːst/
- (US) enPR: păst, IPA: /pæst/
- Homophone: passed
Noun
past (plural pasts)
- 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
- (grammar) The past tense.
Synonyms
- (period of time that has already happened): foretime, yestertide; see also the past
Derived terms
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Adjective
past (comparative more past, superlative most past)
- Having already happened; in the past; finished.
- past glories
- (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
- Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
- during the past year
- (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
- past tense
Synonyms
- (having already happened): bygone, foregone; see also past
- (having just gone by): foregone, preceding, used-to-be; see also former
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Adverb
past (comparative more past, superlative most past)
- In a direction that passes.
- Synonym: by
- I watched him walk past
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Preposition
past
- Beyond in place or quantity
- the room past mine
- count past twenty
- (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
- No longer capable of.
- I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
- Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
- 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.
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Verb
past
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pass
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past - Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈpast]
Noun
past f
- trap (a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals)
- past na myši ― mousetrap
Declension
Derived terms
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past - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɑst/
Verb
past
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of passen
- (archaic) plural imperative of passen
Anagrams
past - Middle French
Noun
past m (plural pasts)
- food, meal
past - Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
past m (nominative singular past)
- food, meal
Descendants
- Middle French: past
past - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /past/
- Syllabification: past
Noun
past f
- genitive plural of pasta
past - Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA: /páːst/
Noun
pȃst f
Inflection
Feminine, i-stem, mobile accent | |||
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nom. sing. | pást | ||
gen. sing. | pastí | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) | pást | pastí | pastí |
genitive (rodȋlnik) | pastí | pastí | pastí |
dative (dajȃlnik) | pásti | pastéma | pastém |
accusative (tožȋlnik) | pást | pastí | pastí |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) | pásti | pastéh | pastéh |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | pastjó | pastéma | pastmí |
Verb
pȃst
- supine of pásti