Definitions for Past

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Past past

Spelling: [past, pahst]

IPA: /pæst, pɑst/

Past is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in Past (apst).

Definitions for Past

noun

1. the time gone by:
2. the history of a person, nation, etc.:
3. what has existed or has happened at some earlier time:
4. the events, phenomena, conditions, etc., that characterized an earlier historical period:
5. an earlier period of a person's life, career, etc., that is thought to be of a shameful or embarrassing nature:
6. Grammar. the past tense, as he ate, he smoked. another verb formation or construction with past meaning. a form in the past tense.

adverb

1. so as to pass by or beyond; by:

adjective

1. gone by or elapsed in time:
2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone:
3. gone by just before the present time; just passed:
4. ago:
5. having formerly been or served as; previous; earlier:
6. Grammar. designating a tense, or other verb formation or construction, that refers to events or states in time gone by.

preposition

1. beyond in time; later than; after:
2. beyond in space or position; farther on than:
3. in a direction so as to pass by or go beyond:
4. beyond in amount, number, etc.:
5. beyond the reach, scope, influence, or power of:

Origin of Past

1250-1300; Middle English; variant spelling of passed, past participle of pass

Examples for Past

I gotta say—I think this past year was pretty bad for music.

I could see she was annoyed and a little worried, because he was past taking notice.

But the first words he uttered showed a total unconsciousness of past events.

Plato perceived that the contemplative maiden was busy with memories of the past.

Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.

He could not avoid contrasting this behaviour with his past preaching.

In their past calls for attacks on Western targets, AQAP has focused on putting bombs on planes, not revenge attacks.

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“I am afraid he is past ransom,” said the youth, shaking his head.

In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.