past
verb
- 1
To change place.
- 2
To change in state or status
- 3
To move through time.
- 4
To be accepted.
- 5
In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
- 6
To do or be better.
- 7
To take heed.
noun
- 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.
Synonyms
adjective
- 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”
adverb
- 1
In a direction that passes.
“I watched him walk past”
- 2
Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
“Ignore them, we'll play past them.”
Synonyms
preposition
- 1
Beyond in place, quantity or time.
“count past twenty”
- 2
No longer capable of.
“I'm past caring what he thinks of me.”
- 3
Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
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