past  /pɑst/

noun

1. the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"

synset: past, past_times, yesteryear

antonym: future, hereafter, futurity, time_to_come

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

synset: past

3. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

synset: past, past_tense

adj

1. earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

synset: past

antonym: present

2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

synset: past, preceding, retiring

adv

1. so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"

synset: by, past

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