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Definition of past:
- A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
- Above; exceeding; more than.
- Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
- Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
- By; beyond; as, he ran past.
- Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
Synonyms:
past tense, past times, precede, foregoing, anterior, retired, away, beyond, farther than, whilom, guess, precedent, retiring, sometime, time, earlier, expect, preceding, once, quondam, accuse, anticipate, fear, onetime, aside, behind, by.
- different time (part of speech: noun)
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past (part of speech: noun)
- old,
- primordial,
- ancient,
- bygone days,
- history,
- yesterday's,
- historical,
- primeval,
- yesteryear,
- anteceding,
- old-time,
- yore,
- yesterday,
- former,
- antecedent,
- yore,
- bygone,
- ago,
- previous
Usage examples:
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He told me; and I will tell it here, for the story is of the past now.
- "Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories", Ouida. -
He comes home at half past six.
- "Gossamer 1915", George A. Birmingham. -
It's just past four o'clock in the morning.
- "The-Circus-Boys-on-the-Flying-Rings-or-Making-the-Start-in-the-Sawdust-Life", Darlington, Edgar B. P..