Past
[n] a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
[n] the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
[n] a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
[adv] so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
[adj] earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
[adj] (grammar) a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle"
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Synonyms
ago, agone, ancient, by, bygone, bypast, chivalric, departed, earlier, early(a), erstwhile(a), ex(a), foregone, former(a), gone, historic, historical, knightly, last(a), late(a), medieval, olden, once(a), onetime(a), other(a), past tense, past times, preh
Related Terms
above, above and beyond, across, after, ago, ancient, antecedent, anterior, antiquated, antique, antiquity, aorist, aoristic, background, before, behind, beyond, biography, blown over, by, bygone, bygone days, bypast, career, chronology, close by, continu