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US
/ˈpæst/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːst/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːst/ ]
ADVERB
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so as to pass a given point
every hour a train goes past
NOUN
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the time that has elapsed
forget the past - a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
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a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
reporters dug into the candidate's past
ADJECTIVE
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of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
a retiring member of the board -
earlier than the present time; no longer current
the past year
time past
his youth is past
this past Thursday
How To Use past In A Sentence
- As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
- She was carrying her overnight case and a basket of dried flowers-statice, strawflower, and immortelle in the pastel colors referred to in seed catalogues as "art shades": fawn, apricot, mauve, and pale yellow. Incubus
- Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
- I got to know a little bit about it, at least the old Berlin of the past, through Benjamin's eyes.
- I eat a lot of chicken and fish, rice and pasta and maintain an all-round healthy diet. Times, Sunday Times
- They have kept it alive in the past and continue to make it plausible for millions of people today.
- The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
- They kept to the brush and trees, and invariably the man halted and peered out before crossing a dry glade or naked stretch of upland pasturage. War
- Add the toasted almond slivers and mix well before turning into the pastry case. Times, Sunday Times
- He had 112 helpers, many of whom had worked on some of the best fantasy movies of the past decade. Times, Sunday Times