1. Earlier than the present time; no longer current
   "this past Thursday"; "the past year"; "time past"; "his youth is past"
    
2. Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
   "a past member of the board";
   - preceding, retiring

1. The time that has elapsed
   "forget the past";
   - past times, yesteryear
    
2. A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
   "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
    
3. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
   "In 'I walked to the store,' 'walked' is in the past tense";
   - past tense

1. So as to pass a given point
   "every hour a train goes past";
   - by

1. At a later time than
   "You'd better hurry up, it's past four o'clock";
   - gone [Brit]

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Derived forms: pasts

See also: ago, agone [archaic], ancient, bygone, bypast [archaic], chivalric, departed, early, erstwhile, foregone, former, gone, historic, historical, knightly, last, late, mediaeval, medieval, noncurrent, old, olden, onetime, one-time, other, outgoing, prehistoric, prehistorical, previous, quondam, recent, sometime, then, timing, ult, ult., ultimo, ulto.

Type of: period, period of time, tense, time, time period, time span

Antonym: future, present

Part of: life

Encyclopedia: Past, Present and Future