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PAST

Definition:

1. [adverb] so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
   Synonyms: by
   
   
2. [noun] the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
   Synonyms: times, yesteryear, yore
   
   
3. [noun] a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
   
   
4. [noun] a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
   Synonyms: tense
   
   
5. [adjective] earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
   
   
6. [adjective] of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
   Synonyms: preceding, retiring
   
   
7. [adjective] a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle"
   
   

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Related Words:

• bygone, water under the bridge
• old
• history
• time immemorial, time out of mind
• auld langsyne, langsyne, old times, the good old days
• yesterday
• preterit, preterite

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