past (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

English 6 senses of the word *past*:
NOUN	time	past, past times, yesteryear	the time that has elapsed
time	past	a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
communication	past, past tense	a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
ADJECTIVE	all	past	earlier than the present time
all	past, preceding, retiring	of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
ADVERB	all	past, by	so as to pass a given point

past pronunciation
Sounds	pae'st
Rhymes	aghast ... vast: 42 rhymes with aest...

Englishpast: 6 senses adjective 1
Meaning	Earlier than the present time; no longer current.
Examples	"time past" "his youth is past" "this past Thursday" "the past year"
Attribute of	timing	The time when something happens
Narrower	ago, agone	gone by
	ancient	belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
	bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone	Well in the past
	chivalric, knightly, medieval	characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
	early, former, other	Belonging to the distant past
	erstwhile, former, old, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime	belonging to some prior time
	former, late, previous	(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
	historic, historical	belonging to the past
	last	immediately past
	late, recent	Of the immediate / immediate past or just previous to the present time
	olden	long past
	other	recently past
	prehistoric, prehistorical	belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
	then	At a specific prior time
	ultimo, ult	In or of the month preceding the present one
See also	noncurrent	not current or belonging to the present time
	nonmodern	not modern
	old	Of long duration
	outgoing	Leaving a place or a position
Opposite	future	yet to be or coming
Opposite	present	temporal sense
Spanish	pasado, último
Nouns	pastness	the quality of being past

Englishpast: 6 senses adjective 2
Meaning	Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
Synonyms	preceding, retiring
Broader	outgoing	Leaving a place or a position
Spanish	saliente

Englishpast: 6 senses noun 1, time
Meaning	The time that has elapsed.
Example	"forget the past"
Synonyms	past times, yesteryear
Narrower	auld langsyne, langsyne, old times, good old days	past times remembered with nostalgia
	bygone, water under the bridge	Past events to be put aside
	history	The aggregate of past events
	old	past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old')
	time immemorial, time out of mind	The distant past beyond memory
	yesterday	The recent past
	yore	Time long past
Broader	time	The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
Opposite	future, hereafter, futurity, time to come	The time yet to come
Spanish	antaño, pasado, tiempo pasado
Catalan	antany, passat, temps passat

Englishpast: 6 senses noun 2, time
Meaning	A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).
Example	"reporters dug into the candidate's past"
Part of	life	The period between birth and the present time
Broader	time period, period of time, period	An amount of time
Spanish	pasado
Catalan	passat

Englishpast: 6 senses noun 3, communication
Meaning	A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.
Synonym	past tense
Narrower	preterit, preterite	A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Broader	tense	A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Spanish	pretérito, tiempo pasado

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