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past

1. noun /pɑːst,pæst/

a) The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.

b) The past tense.

2. adjective /pɑːst,pæst/

a) Having already happened; in the past; finished.

past glories

b) Relating to the past.

past tense

3. adverb /pɑːst,pæst/

in a direction that passes

I watched him walk past

4. preposition /pɑːst,pæst/

beyond in place, quantity or time

the room past mine

See Also: past master, past it

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