past
/pɑːst//pæst/verb
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To change place.
To change in state or status
To move through time.
To be accepted.
noun
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The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
Example: a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
(grammar) The past tense.
adjective
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Having already happened; in the past; finished.
Example: past glories
(postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
Example: during the past year
(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
Example: past tense
adverb
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In a direction that passes.
Example: I watched him walk past
Synonyms:byPassing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
Example: Ignore them, we'll play past them.
preposition
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Beyond in place, quantity or time.
Example: count past twenty
No longer capable of.
Example: I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).