past

B1
Pronunciation
/pɑːst/
/pæst/
Noun
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.

Example Sentences
  • a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
2 Definition

(grammar) The past tense.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To change place.

2 Definition

To change in state or status

3 Definition

To move through time.

4 Definition

To be accepted.

5 Definition

In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.

6 Definition

To do or be better.

7 Definition

To take heed.

Synonyms
take heed take notice
Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Having already happened; in the past; finished.

Example Sentences
  • past glories
2 Definition

(postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.

3 Definition

Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.

Example Sentences
  • during the past year
4 Definition

(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.

Example Sentences
  • past tense
Adverb
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

In a direction that passes.

Synonyms
by
Example Sentences
  • I watched him walk past
2 Definition

Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.

Example Sentences
  • Ignore them, we'll play past them.
Preposition
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Beyond in place, quantity or time.

Example Sentences
  • count past twenty
2 Definition

No longer capable of.

Example Sentences
  • I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
3 Definition

Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).