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• past — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 time before the present ADJECTIVE ▪ immediate, recent ▪ ancient, dim and distant (BrE), distant, remote ▪ Many modern festivals can be traced back …   Collocations dictionary

• past*/*/*/ — [pɑːst] adv, preposition I 1) after a particular time later than a particular time It was past midnight by the time we arrived.[/ex] 2) passing sb/sth moving near someone or something and then beyond them I walked past several hotels on my way to …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• past — adj., n., prep., & adv. adj. 1 gone by in time and no longer existing (in past years; the time is past). 2 recently completed or gone by (the past month; for some time past). 3 relating to a former time (past president). 4 Gram. expressing a past …   Useful english dictionary

• past — /past, pahst/, adj. 1. gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it s all past now. 2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas. 3. gone by just before the… …   Universalium

• past — [past, päst] vi., vt. rare pp. of PASS2 adj. 1. gone by; ended; over [our past troubles] 2. of a former time; bygone 3. immediately preceding; just gone by [the past week] 4. having served formerly …   English World dictionary

• past — 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,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• past perfect — ADJ: ADJ n In grammar, the past perfect tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened before a specific time. The simple past perfect tense uses had and the past participle of the verb, as in She had seen him before . It… …   English dictionary

• past perfect — n [singular] technical the form of a verb that shows that the action described by the verb was completed before a particular time in the past, formed in English with had and a past participle >past perfect adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• past perfect — past′ per′fect adj. 1) gram. pertaining to or being a verb tense or form indicating that the action or state expressed by the verb was completed prior to a point of reference in the past or that it extended up to or had results continuing up to… …   From formal English to slang

• past — (adj.) c.1300, done with, over, from pp. of passen go by (see PASS (Cf. pass) (v.)). The noun meaning times gone by is first attested 1580s, from the adjective. Past participle is recorded from 1798; past tense from 1813 …   Etymology dictionary

• past one's peak — {adj. phr.} No longer as strong, efficient, or able as one once was, usually because of advanced age and decreased ability. * /He used to be a terrific athlete but we re afraid he is past his peak./ …   Dictionary of American idioms