Complete Definition of "past"

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English

rank|six|comes|stand|496|past|suppose|else|entered

Pronunciation
päst, /p��st/, /<tt>pA:st</tt>/
audio|en-us-past.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: passed
:Rhymes:English:-��st|Rhymes: -��st

Etymology
(Adjective) past participle of|passen

Noun
en-noun

  1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
  2. grammar The past tense.

Translations
trans-top|The period of time that has already happened
Arabic: Arab|�اض� IPAchar|(m��i) m
Chinese: �� (guòqu)
Czech: minulost f
Dutch: verleden n
Finnish: menneisyys
French: passé#French|passé m
German: Vergangenheit f
Greek: �α�ελθ�ν (parelthón) n
Hungarian: múlt
Italian: passato m
Japanese: �� (��, kako)
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Korean: 과거 (gwageo)
Maltese: passat m, passata f
Norwegian: fortid
Portuguese: passado m
Russian: п�о�лое (próšloje) n, б�лое (bylóje) n
Serbian: prošlost f
Slovene: preteklost f
Spanish: pasado m
Swedish: förflutna
Telugu: ప�ర�వ� (poorvaM)
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trans-top|(grammar) The past tense
Dutch: verleden tijd m
Finnish: imperfekti
French: passé#French|passé m
Greek: α��ι��ο� (aóristos) m
Hungarian: múlt id�
Italian: passato m
trans-mid
Korean: 과거� (gwageohyeong)
Maltese: passat
Norwegian: preteritum
Russian: п�о�ед�ее в�ем� (prošédšeje vrémja) n
Serbian: prošlo vreme
Slovene: preteklik m
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Adjective
en-adj

  1. Having already happened; in the past; finished.

#:past glories

  1. Relating to the past.

#:past tense

  1. (of a period of time) the one before this one

#:during the past year

Translations
trans-top|Having already happened; in the past
Dutch: voorbij, voorbije, afgelopen
French: passé#French|passé
German: vergangen
Greek: �ε�α�μένο� (perazménos) m, �α�ελθ�ν (parelthón) m, ����ε�ο� (próteros) m, ������ε�ο� (protíteros) m, �α �ε�α�μένα (ta perazména) n|p
Italian: passato
trans-mid
Korean: ��� (jinagan)
Maltese: passat m, passata f
Russian: п�о�л�й (próšlyj)
Serbian: prošli m, prošla f, próšlo n
Telugu: ప�ర�వప� (poorvapu)
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trans-top|Relating to the past
Dutch: voorbij, voorbije, verleden
French: passé#French|passé
Greek: �α�ελθον�ικ�� (pareltho[n]dikós) m
trans-mid
Italian: passato
Korean: 과거� (gwageo-ui)
Serbian: prošli m, prošla f, próšlo n
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trans-top|(of a period of time) the one before this one
Dutch: voorbij, voorbije
Finnish: viime
French: dernier
Greek: �ε�α�μένο� (perazménos) m, �α�ελθ�ν (parelthón) m, ���ην (próin) m, �έ�� (téos) m, ����ε�ο� (próteros) m, ������ε�ο� (protíteros) m
trans-mid
Korean: ��� (ijeon-ui)
Serbian: prošli m, prošla f, próšlo n
Telugu: �త (gata)
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Adverb
en-adv

  1. in a direction that passes

#:I watched him walk past

Translations

Dutch: voorbij
Greek: ε�έκεινα (epécina), �έ�α (péra)
mid
Russian: мимо (mímo)

Preposition
past

  1. beyond in place, quantity or time

#:the room past mine
#:count past twenty
#:past Midnight

Translations

Dutch: voorbij, verder
Greek: �έ�α (péra)
mid
Norwegian: forbi, bortenfor

Related terms
past master
past participle
past perfect
past tense
past it

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Category:English prepositions
Category:Time


Czech

Noun
past f

  1. trap

Category:Czech nouns


Dutch

Verb
past

  1. second person singular present tense of passen
  2. third person singular present tense of passen

Slovene

Noun
past f

  1. trap

Category:Slovene nouns

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