past as a noun: - 1
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as a adverb: - 1
past
noun
1 past
The time that has elapsed:
— Forget the past.
synonyms: past times, yesteryear.
Dutch: voorbije, weleer, verleden
Polish: przeszłość
2 past
A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).
Polish: przeszłość
3 past
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.
synonym: past tense.
Dutch: verleden tijd
Polish: czas przeszły
adjective
1 past
Earlier than the present time; no longer current.
Roget 122:
past,
gone,
gone by,
over,
passed away,
bygone,
foregone;
elapsed,
lapsed,
preterlapsed†,
expired,
no more,
run out,
blown over,
has-been,
that has been,
extinct,
antediluvian,
antebellum,
never to return,
gone with the wind,
exploded,
forgotten,
irrecoverable;
obsolete
etc.
(old)
124.
former,
pristine,
quondam,
ci-devant [Fr.],
late;
ancestral.
foregoing;
last,
latter;
recent,
over night;
preterperfect†,
preterpluperfect†.
looking back
etc.
v.;
retrospective,
retroactive;
archaeological
etc.
n..
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Polish: zeszły, ubiegły, przeszły, miniony
2 past
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
synonyms: preceding, retiring.
adverb
1 past
So as to pass a given point:
— Every hour a train goes past.
synonym: by.
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