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1 past
past, USA n1 gen passé m ; in the past dans le passé, par le passé, autrefois ; she had taught at the school in the past elle avait enseigné à l'école par le passé ; I have done things in the past that I'm not proud of j'ai fait des choses dans le passé dont je ne suis pas fier ; there are more students/unemployed people now than in the past il y a plus d'étudiants/de chômeurs qu'autrefois or que dans le passé ; in the past we have (always) spent our holidays in Greece/taken the train jusqu'ici nous avons toujours passé nos vacances en Grèce/pris le train ; to live in the past vivre dans le passé ; that's a thing of the past c'est du passé ; soon petrol-driven cars will be a thing of the past les voitures qui fonctionnent à l'essence feront bientôt partie du passé ; he/she has a past il/elle a un passé chargé ;B adj1 ( preceding) [week, days, month etc] dernier/-ière ; during the past few days/months ces derniers jours/mois ; in the past three years/months dans les trois dernières années/derniers mois ; the past two years have been difficult ces deux dernières années ont été difficiles ;2 (previous, former) [generations, centuries, achievements, problems, experience] passé ; [president, chairman, incumbent] ancien/-ienne (before n) ; [government] précédent ; in times past autrefois, jadis ;C prep1 ( moving beyond) to walk ou go past sb/sth passer devant qn/qch ; to drive past sth passer devant qch (en voiture) ; to run past sth passer devant qch (en courant) ;2 ( beyond in time) it's past 6/midnight il est 6 heures passées/minuit passé ; twenty past two deux heures vingt ; half/quarter past two deux heures et demie/et quart ; he is past 70 il a 70 ans passés, il a plus de 70 ans ;3 ( beyond in position) après ; past the church/the park après l'église/le parc ;4 ( beyond or above a certain level) the temperature soared past 40°C la température est montée brutalement à plus de 40°C ; he didn't get past the first chapter il n'est pas allé plus loin que le premier chapitre ; he didn't get past the first interview ( for job) il n'a pas passé la barrière du premier entretien ; she can't count past ten elle ne sait compter que jusqu'à dix ;5 ( beyond scope of) to be past understanding dépasser l'entendement ; to be past caring ne plus s'en faire ; he is past playing football/working ce n'est plus de son âge de jouer au foot/de travailler.D adv1 ( onwards) to go ou walk past passer ;2 ( ago) two years past il y a deux ans.to be past it ○ avoir passé l'âge ; to be past its best [cheese, fruit etc] être un peu avancé ; [wine] être un peu éventé ; I wouldn't put it past him/them to do je ne pense pas que ça le/les gênerait de faire ; ⇒ care. -
2 past
past [pα:st]1. nouna. passé m• in the past, many of these babies would have died autrefois, beaucoup de ces bébés seraient morts• new vaccines could make these illnesses a thing of the past de nouveaux vaccins pourraient faire disparaître ces maladiesb. ( = tense) passé m2. adjectivea. passé3. prepositionb. ( = beyond in space) au delà de• I think we've gone past it ( = missed it) je pense que nous l'avons dépasséc. ( = in front of) devantd. ( = beyond limits of) I'm past caring j'ai cessé de m'en faire4. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ devant• to go or walk past passer5. compounds• to be a past master at doing sth avoir l'art de faire qch ► past participle noun participe m passé* * *Note: For a full set of translations for past used in clocktime consult the Usage Note[pɑːst], US [pæst] 1.1) gen passé m2) Linguistics (also past tense) passé m2.1) ( preceding) dernier/-ière2) ( former) [times, achievements, problems, experience] passé; [president, incumbent] ancien/-ienne; [government] précédentin times past — autrefois, jadis
3) ( finished)3.1) ( moving)to walk ou go past somebody/something — passer devant quelqu'un/quelque chose
2) ( in time)3) ( beyond in position) après4) ( beyond a certain level)the temperature soared past 40°C — la température est montée brutalement à plus de 40°C
5) ( beyond scope of)4.1) ( onwards)to go ou walk past — passer
2) ( ago)••to be past it — (colloq) avoir passé l'âge
to be past its best — [food] être un peu avancé; [wine] être un peu éventé
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