Thesaurus: past
Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
Related headwords
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Definitions
- 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.
- adj. earlier than the present time; no longer current
- adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
- n. the time that has elapsed
- n. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
- n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
- adv. so as to pass a given point