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past > 7 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	past	Earlier than the present time
	2	past, preceding, retiring	Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
	3	past	A verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time
ADVERB	1	past, by	So as to pass a given point
NOUN	1	past, past times, yesteryear, yore	The time that has elapsed
	2	past	A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
	3	past, past tense	A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

past > pronunciation
Sounds	pae'st
Rhymes	aghast, amassed, bast / Bast, and 39 more rhymes in aest...

past > adjective 1
Meaning	Earlier than the present time. No longer current.
Examples	"time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
Contrary	present; future
Similar	ago, agone; ancient; bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone; chivalric, knightly, medieval; early, former, other; erstwhile, former, old, onetime, quondam, sometime; former, late, previous; historic, historical; last; late, recent; olden; other; prehistoric, prehistorical; then; ultimo, ult
See also	noncurrent; outgoing; nonmodern; old
Attribute of	timing
Nouns	pastness

past > adjective 2
Meaning	Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
Synonyms	preceding, retiring
Similar to	outgoing

past > adjective 3, pert
Meaning	A verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time.
Examples	"past participle"
Category	grammar
Nouns	past

past > noun 1, time
Meaning	The time that has elapsed.
Examples	"forget the past"
Synonyms	past times, yesteryear, yore
Contrary	future, hereafter, futurity, time to come
Broader	time
Narrower	bygone, water under the bridge; old; history; time immemorial, time out of mind; auld langsyne, langsyne, old times, good old days; yesterday

past > noun 2, time
Meaning	A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).
Examples	"reporters dug into the candidate's past"
Part of	life
Broader	time period, period of time, period

past > noun 3, communication
Meaning	A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.
Synonyms	past tense
Broader	tense
Narrower	preterit, preterite
Adjectives	past

past > adverb
Meaning	So as to pass a given point.
Examples	"every hour a train goes past"
Synonyms	by

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