past
past
pÃĻst
pāst
/pɑːst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "past"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

the time that has passed
the past definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the past, people traveled by horse-drawn carriages.
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
1.1

āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ

(grammar) the past tense or form of a verb, indicating actions or states that occurred in a previous time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In English, regular verbs form their past by adding " -ed " to the base form.
āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ "-ed" āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
1.2

āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ

a period in a person's history that is viewed as shameful or problematic, often suggesting hidden or regrettable events or actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tried to move on, but her past continued to haunt her in unexpected ways.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžā§œāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĨ¤
1.3

āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ

the historical background of a place, country, group, or other entities, encompassing the events and experiences that have shaped their development over time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The museum exhibits artifacts that tell the past of the indigenous people of the region.
āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āύāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āφāĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀

done or existed before the present time
past definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Past mistakes served as valuable lessons for future decision-making.
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ—āϤ, āĻļ⧇āώ

occurred or ended recently, often within a specific, near timeframe
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The past month has been filled with exciting developments at the office.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āĻ—āϤ

used to indicate how many years or time units have elapsed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The building was constructed 50 years past, but it still stands strong today.
āĻ­āĻŦāύāϟāĻŋ 50 āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāϜāĻ“ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

no longer present or existing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The difficult times are past, and we can finally focus on the future.
āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻ•, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ

(of a person) having previously held a specified position or title within an organization
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Past champions were invited to the ceremony to celebrate the tournament's history.
āϟ⧁āĻ°ā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āĻ—āϤ

(grammar) referring to tense that indicates an action that has already occurred or a state that previously existed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used the past tense to describe her trip to the mountains last summer.
āĻ—āϤ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇

from one side of something to the other
past definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train sped past the small villages along the route.
āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāϟāĻŋ āϰ⧁āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
02

āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇

used to indicate that a particular time has already gone by
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The deadline slipped past without anyone noticing.
āĻļ⧇āώ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ– āϕ⧇āω āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ—āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

used to indicate a point in time that is beyond or later than a specified moment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She arrived at a quarter past two, just as promised.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻž āĻĒāύ⧇āϰ⧋ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇

used to indicate movement in a direction beyond or to the other side of someone or something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They ran past the crowd and reached the front of the stage.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ, āĻĒāϰ⧇

used to indicate a point or stage that has been surpassed or exceeded
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She pushed herself past her physical limits to complete the marathon.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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