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Past

verb
/pɑːst/
Word Frequency: 132.0

Definitions

1.verbTo change place.
2.verbTo change in state or status
3.verbTo move through time.
4.verbTo be accepted.
5.verbIn any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
6.verbTo do or be better.
7.verbTo take heed.
8.nounThe period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
"a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past"
9.noun(grammar) The past tense.
10.adjectiveHaving already happened; in the past; finished.
"past glories"
11.adjective(postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
12.adjectiveOf a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
"during the past year"
13.adjective(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
"past tense"
14.adverbIn a direction that passes.
"I watched him walk past"
15.adverbPassing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
"Ignore them, we'll play past them."
16.prepositionBeyond in place, quantity or time.
"count past twenty"
17.prepositionNo longer capable of.
"I'm past caring what he thinks of me."
18.prepositionHaving recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).

Synonyms

spendpledgepromisevowtake heedtake noticeforetimeyestertidebygoneforegoneprecedingused-to-be

Rhymes With

aghaststeadfastcastdowncastvastovercastblastcontrast
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