Past definition
The time before the present.
noun
Beyond in time; later than or after.
Past midnight; a quarter past two.
preposition
So as to pass by or go beyond.
He waved as he walked past.
adverb
Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one.
A past president; a past inmate of a cell.
adjective
Gone by; ended; over.
Our past troubles.
adjective
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The time that has gone by; days, months, or years gone by.
noun
Beyond in space; farther on than.
preposition
Of a former time; bygone.
adjective
Immediately preceding; just gone by.
The past week.
adjective
Having served formerly.
A past chairman.
adjective
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What has happened; the history, former life, or experiences of a person, group, or institution.
A woman with a past.
noun
Beyond in time; later than.
Five past four.
preposition
The past is what has already happened.
An example of the past is yesterday.
noun
Beyond in position; farther than.
The house is a mile past the first stoplight. They walked past the memorial in silence.
preposition
The definition of past is former or is something that has already happened.
An example of past is someone's ex-boyfriend.
adjective
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(gram.) Indicating an action completed or in progress at a former time, or a state or condition in existence at a former time.
adjective
(grammar) Of, relating to, or being a verb tense or form used to express an action or condition prior to the time it is expressed.
adjective
Earlier than the present time; ago.
40 years past.
adjective
Just gone by or elapsed.
In the past few days.
adjective
Previous background, career, experiences, and activities.
An elderly person with a distinguished past.
noun
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A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful.
A family with a checkered past.
noun
The past tense.
noun
A verb form in the past tense.
noun
Beyond the number or amount of.
The child couldn't count past 20.
preposition
Beyond the power, scope, extent, or influence of.
The problem is past the point of resolution.
preposition
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Beyond in development or appropriateness.
The child is past drinking from a bottle. You're past sucking your thumb, so don't do it.
preposition
The past tense.
noun
A verb form in this tense.
noun
(obs.) Beyond in amount or degree; more than.
preposition
Beyond the extent, power, limits, scope, etc. of.
Past belief.
preposition
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To and beyond a point in time or space; by; so as to pass.
adverb
(grammar) The past tense.
noun
Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.]
Past glories.
adjective
(postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. [from 15th c.]
adjective
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(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]
Past tense.
adjective
In a direction that passes.
I watched him walk past.
adverb
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No longer current; gone by; over.
His youth is past.
adjective
Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone.
Past events; in years past.
adjective
not put it past someone
- to judge that someone is not incapable of engaging in some specified action
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
not put it past someone