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- Dictionarypast/pɑːst/
adjective
- 1. gone by in time and no longer existing: "the danger is now past" Similar
noun
- 1. the time before the moment of speaking or writing: "she found it hard to make ends meet in the past"
- 2. a past tense or form of a verb: "a simple past of the first conjugation"
preposition
- 1. to or on the further side of: "he rode on past the crossroads"
- 2. beyond in time; later than: "by this time it was past 3.30" Similar
adverb
- 1. so as to pass from one side of something to the other: "a flotilla of glossy limousines swept past"
- 2. used to indicate the lapse of time: "a week went past and nothing changed"
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used to refer to a period of time before and until the present: The average temperature worldwide has risen by about one degree Fahrenheit in the past 100 years.
1. a. : ago. 12 years past. started working on this project 10 years past. b. : just gone or elapsed. for the past few months. I spoke with him this past weekend. 2. : having existed or taken place in a period before the present : bygone. In past winters, we have had much more snow. 3.
Past definition: gone by or elapsed in time. See examples of PAST used in a sentence.
If you are past doing something, you are no longer able to do it. For example, if you are past caring, you do not care about something any more because so many bad things have happened to you.
noun. uk / pɑːst / us. the past. B1. the time before the present and all the things that happened then: the distant / recent past. In the past people would bathe once a month. A2. the form of the verb which is used to show what happened in the past.
Definition of past adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. No longer current; gone by; over: His youth is past. 2. Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone: past events; in years past. 3. a. Earlier than the present time; ago: 40 years past. b. Just gone by or elapsed: in the past few days. 4.
As an adjective, past describes what is no longer current, like the past president of a club or past fashion craze — it's over: its time has passed. Definitions of past. adjective. earlier than the present time; no longer current. “time past ” “his youth is past ” “this past Thursday” “the past year” synonyms: noncurrent.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Grammar past1 /pɑːst $ pæst/ S1 W1 adjective 1 previous [ only before noun] done, used, or experienced before now Judging by her past performance, Jane should do very well. From past experience she knew that it was no use arguing with him.
An elderly person with a distinguished past. What has happened; the history, former life, or experiences of a person, group, or institution. A woman with a past. The past tense.
