Definition/Meaning of past

• English - Noun: past ( plural pasts ) The period of time that has already happened , in contrast to the present and the future . a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past D . Webster The past , at least , is secure . Trench The present is only intelligible in the light of the past , often a very remote past indeed . ( grammar ) The past tense . Derived terms Translations See also…
• English - Adjective: past ( comparative more past , superlative most past ) Having already happened; in the past; finished . [from 14th c .] past glories ( postmodifier ) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago . [from 15th c .] 1999 , George RR Martin , A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p . 538: That had been , what , three years past ? 2009 , John Sadler , Glencoe , Amberley…
• English - Adverb: past ( comparative more past , superlative most past ) in a direction that passes I watched him walk past Translations
• English - Preposition: past beyond in place , quantity or time the room past mine count past twenty past midnight Usage notes The preposition past is used to tell the time . The time 5:05 is said as five past five . 5:10 as ten past five . 5:15 as quarter past five . 5:20 as twenty past five . 5:25 as twenty-five past five . 5:30 as half past five . If we are aware of the approximate time , we can just use e . g .…
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) enPR: päst , IPA (key) : /pɑːst/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /pæst/ Homophone: passed Rhymes: -æst , -ɑːst