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past
adjective
- having existed in a time before the present : from, done, or used in an earlier time
- —used to refer to a time that has gone by recently
- —used to say what someone or something was in the past
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past
preposition
- at the farther side of (something) : beyond (a particular place)
- up to and beyond (a person or place)
- later than (a time)
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past
noun
- an earlier time : the time before the present —usually used with the
- the events of a person's life, of a place, etc., before the present time—usually singular
- past tense
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past
adverb
- to and beyond a certain point or time