Past

  • 31past — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of passen to pass Date: 14th century 1. a. ago < 12 years past > b. just gone or elapsed < for the past few months > 2. having existed or taken place in a period before the present …

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  • 32Past — The past is the portion of time that has already occurred; [Hegeler, E. C., Carus, P. (1890). [http://books.google.com/books?id=3KoLAAAAIAAJ The Monist] . La Salle, Ill. [etc.] : Published by Open Court for the Hegeler Institute. page 443. ] it&#8230; …

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  • 33past — adjective 1》 gone by in time and no longer existing.     ↘recently elapsed: the past twelve months. 2》 Grammar (of a tense) expressing a past action or state. noun 1》 (usu. the past) a past period or the events in it.     ↘a person s or thing s&#8230; …

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  • 34PAST — For the airport in Alaska with ICAO code PAST, see Summit Airport (Alaska). Pre war look of the Large PAST (background) and Small PAST (foreground) buildings …

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  • 35past — 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/ …

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  • 36past — an·te·past; past; past·er; past·i·ness; past·less·ness; past·ness; past·ies; non·past; re·past; …

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  • 37past — passed, past Passed is the past tense and past participle of the verb pass: We passed a police car / The time has passed. The related adjective, preposition, and adverb are all past: for the past three hours / We drove past a police car / She&#8230; …

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  • 38past — 1. adjective 1) memories of times past Syn: gone (by), over (and done with), no more, done, bygone, former, (of) old, olden, long ago; literary of yore 2) the past few months Syn: last, recent …

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  • 39past — adj 1. gone, gone by, bygone, by, ago, long ago, long gone; over, over and done with, forgotten, long forgotten, dead and buried, blown over; elapsed, lapsed, expired, run out, gone by; finished, finished up, defunct, no more, wound up, ended,&#8230; …

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  • 40past — 1. adjective 1) times past Syn: gone by, bygone, former, previous, old, of old, olden, long ago 2) the past few months Syn: last, recent, preceding …

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