past

  • (r) so as to pass a given point
    • every hour a train goes past
    by,
  • (a) earlier than the present time; no longer current
    • time past
    • his youth is past
    • this past Thursday
    • the past year
  • (s) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
    • a retiring member of the board
    preceding, retiring,

Nouns

  • (n) the time that has elapsed
    • forget the past
    past times, yesteryear,
  • (n) a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
    • reporters dug into the candidate's past
  • (n) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past past tense,

Synonyms

by past times yesteryear preceding retiring past tense

Antonyms

present future futurity time to come hereafter

See also

noncurrent old outgoing

Words of close approximity

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