Past - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pæst|  American pronunciation of the word past
Brit.  |pɑːst|  British pronunciation of the word past

noun

- the time that has elapsed (syn: yesteryear)
forget the past
- a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
reporters dug into the candidate's past
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

adjective

- of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office (syn: preceding, retiring)

adverb

- so as to pass a given point (syn: by)
every hour a train goes past

Extra examples

She was hired based on her past experience in sales.

...a past editor of the newspaper...

The office is two blocks past the intersection.

Turn left just past the stairs.

We drove past the house.

I must have walked right past her.

He looked past me to the next customer.

Past, present, and future are all linked together.

The past of “walk” is “walked.”

Several weeks went past before we heard from her.

It is now a thing of the past.

He swept past.

He is past seventy.

He is past cure.

It is past endurance.

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