past

Speech parts

1. past - Noun

2. past - Adjective

3. past - Verb

4. past - Adverb

5. past - Preposition

7. past - Adjective Satellite

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

Above; exceeding; more than.

By; beyond; as, he ran past.

Source: Webster's dictionary

preceding bygone yesteryear after over late history former previous spent beyond prior background sometime antiquity

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present future morrow millennium time new

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time period tense period of time time period

history old yesterday bygone preterite yore

spat Taps APTS PSAT PTSA PATs stap

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. Baruch Spinoza

Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue. Demosthenes

The past is the future of the present. Japanese Proverb

A word spoken is past recalling. English Proverb

A book is a good friend when it lays bare the errors of the past. Hindi Proverb