past
(noun, adjective, adverb, preposition)
adjective
1. earlier than the present time; no longer current
- time past
- his youth is past
- this past Thursday
Similar word(s): noncurrent, outgoing, old, ago, agone, ancient, bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone, chivalric, knightly, medieval, early, former, other, erstwhile, old, onetime, quondam, sometime, late, previous, historic, historical, last, recent, olden, prehistoric, prehistorical, then, ult, ultimo
2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
Similar word(s): outgoing, preceding, retiring
Sentences with past as an adjective:
- past glories
- during the past year
- past tense
adverb
1. so as to pass a given point
- every hour a train goes past
Similar word(s): by
Sentences with past as an adverb:
- I watched him walk past
noun
1. the time that has elapsed
- forget the past
Similar word(s): yesteryear
Definition categories: time
2. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
- reporters dug into the candidate's past
Definition categories: time, period
3. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
Definition categories: communication, tense
Sentences with past as a noun:
- a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
preposition
1. beyond in place, quantity or time
- the room past mine
- count past twenty
- past midnight