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past

no longer current: the account is past due; formerly: a past president
Not to be confused with:
passed – gone beyond; happened: and so it passed; moved on; died: The old man has passed on.
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past

(păst)
adj.
1. No longer current; gone by; over: His youth is past.
2. Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone: past events; in years past.
3.
a. Earlier than the present time; ago: 40 years past.
b. Just gone by or elapsed: in the past few days.
4. Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one: a past president; a past inmate of a cell.
5. 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.
n.
1. The time before the present.
2.
a. Previous background, career, experiences, and activities: an elderly person with a distinguished past.
b. A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful: a family with a checkered past.
3. Grammar
a. The past tense.
b. A verb form in the past tense.
adv.
So as to pass by or go beyond: He waved as he walked past.
prep.
1. Beyond in time; later than or after: past midnight; a quarter past two.
2. Beyond in position; farther than: The house is a mile past the first stoplight. They walked past the memorial in silence.
3.
a. Beyond the power, scope, extent, or influence of: The problem is past the point of resolution.
b. Beyond in development or appropriateness: The child is past drinking from a bottle. You're past sucking your thumb, so don't do it.
4. Beyond the number or amount of: The child couldn't count past 20. See Usage Note at pass.
[Middle English, from past participle of passen, to pass; see pass.]
past′ness n.
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past

(pɑːst)
adj
1. completed, finished, and no longer in existence: past happiness.
2. denoting or belonging to all or a segment of the time that has elapsed at the present moment: the past history of the world.
3. denoting a specific unit of time that immediately precedes the present one: the past month.
4. (prenominal) denoting a person who has held and relinquished an office or position; former: a past president.
5. (Grammar) grammar denoting any of various tenses of verbs that are used in describing actions, events, or states that have been begun or completed at the time of utterance. Compare aorist, imperfect 4, perfect 8
n
6. the past the period of time or a segment of it that has elapsed: forget the past.
7. the history, experience, or background of a nation, person, etc: a soldier with a distinguished past.
8. an earlier period of someone's life, esp one that contains events kept secret or regarded as disreputable
9. (Grammar) grammar
a. a past tense
b. a verb in a past tense
adv
10. at a specified or unspecified time before the present; ago: three years past.
11. on or onwards: I greeted him but he just walked past.
prep
12. beyond in time: it's past midnight.
13. beyond in place or position: the library is past the church.
14. moving beyond; in a direction that passes: he walked past me.
15. beyond or above the reach, limit, or scope of: his foolishness is past comprehension.
16. beyond or above in number or amount: to count past ten.
17. past it informal unable to perform the tasks one could do when one was younger
18. not put it past someone to consider someone capable of (the action specified)
[C14: from passed, past participle of pass]
Usage: The past participle of pass is sometimes wrongly spelt past: the time for recriminations has passed (not past)
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past

(pæst, pɑst)

adj.
1. gone by or elapsed in time: The bad times are past now.
2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a previous time; bygone: past glories.
3. gone by just before the present time; just passed: the past year.
4. ago: six days past.
5. having formerly been or served as; previous; earlier: past presidents.
6. of, pertaining to, or being a verb tense or form referring to events or states in times gone by.
n.
7. the time gone by: far back in the past.
8. the history of a person, nation, etc.: a glorious past.
9. what has existed or happened at some earlier time: to learn from the past.
10. an earlier period of a person's life, career, etc., that is characterized by imprudent or immoral conduct.
11.
a. the past tense.
b. a form in the past tense, as looked or ate.
adv.
12. so as to pass by or beyond; by: The troops marched past.
prep.
13. beyond in time; later than; after: past noon.
14. beyond in space or position; farther on than: the house just past the church.
15. in a direction so as to pass by or go beyond: We went past the house by mistake.
16. beyond in amount, number, etc.; over: past the maximum age.
17. beyond the reach, scope, influence, or power of: past hope.
[1250–1300; Middle English; variant sp. of passed, past participle of pass]
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Past


the condition of being first in a place and of having a relatively simple nature. — aboriginal, n., adj.
adherence to or fondness for ancient things or customs. — antediluvian, n., adj.
interest in the culture of antiquity, especially that of classical Greece and Rome. — antiquary, antiquarian, n. — antiquarian, adj.
devotion to archaism. — archaeolater, n. — archaeolatrous, adj.
an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, etc. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. — archaic, adj.
a person who records time or the events that have occurred in time.
Obsolete, the recording or study of past events.
strong fondness or admiration for the culture, mores, etc, of the Middle Ages. — medievalist, n. — medievalistic, adj.
the study of antiquities. — paleologist, palaeologist, n. — paleologic, palaeologic, paleological, palaeological, adj.
Medicine. the study of diseases from former times as found in fossils and mummified remains.
an explanation of events of the past through the laws of causation. — paletiologist, palaetiologist, n. — paletiological, palaetiological, adj.
the study of papyrus manuscripts. — papyrologist, n. — papyrological, adj.
Obsolete, one devoted to the archaic. — philarchaic, adj.
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past

Past can be a noun or adjective referring to a period of time before the present.

He never discussed his past.
I've spent most of the past eight years looking after children.
1. telling the time

In British English, when you are telling the time, you use past to say how many minutes it is after a particular hour.

It's ten past five.
I slept until quarter past ten.

American speakers also say after.

It's ten after five.
I arrived around a quarter after twelve.
2. going near something

Past is also used as a preposition or adverb to say that someone goes near something when they are moving in a particular direction.

He walked past the school.
People ran past laughing.
3. 'passed'

Don't use 'past' as the past tense or -ed participle of the verb pass. Use passed.

As she passed the library door, the telephone began to ring.
A new law was passed by Parliament.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:past - the time that has elapsed]past - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
yore - time long past
bygone, water under the bridge - past events to be put aside; "let bygones be bygones"
old - past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
time immemorial, time out of mind - the distant past beyond memory
auld langsyne, good old days, langsyne, old times - past times remembered with nostalgia
yesterday - the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"
future, futurity, time to come, hereafter - the time yet to come
2. past - a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
life - the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"
3. past - a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
tense - a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
preterit, preterite - a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Adj. 1. past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time
outgoing - leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship"
old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
present - temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations"
2. past - of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"
outgoing - leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship"
Adv. 1. past - so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
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past

noun
1. former times, history, long ago, antiquity, the good old days, yesteryear (literary), times past, the old times, days gone by, the olden days, days of yore In the past, things were very different.
former times now, today, future, present, tomorrow, time to come
2. background, life, experience, history, past life, life story, career to date shocking revelations about his past
adjective
1. former, late, early, recent, previous, ancient, prior, long-ago, preceding, foregoing, erstwhile, bygone, olden a return to the turbulence of past centuries
former coming, future, present, arrived
2. previous, former, one-time, sometime, erstwhile, quondam, ex- I was still longing for my past lover
3. last, recent, previous, preceding the events of the past few days
4. over, done, ended, spent, finished, completed, gone, forgotten, accomplished, extinct, elapsed, over and done with The great age of exploration is past.
preposition
1. after, beyond, later than, over, outside, farther than, in excess of, subsequent to It's well past your bedtime.
2. by, across, in front of She dashed past me and ran out of the room.
adverb
1. on, by, along The ambulance drove past.
be past it be past its or your sell-by date, be on the way out, have seen better days We could do with a new car - the one we have now is a bit past it.
Quotations
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there" [L.P. Hartley The Go-Between]
"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet" [Edward Thomas Early One Morning]
"As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes" [Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale]
"The past is never dead, it is not even past" [William Faulkner]
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" [George Santayana The Life of Reason]
Usage: The past participle of pass is sometimes wrongly spelt past: the time for recrimination has passed (not past).
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past

adjective
2. Having been such previously:
noun
1. Past events surrounding a person or thing:
2. A former period of time or of one's life:
Idioms: bygone days, days gone by, the good old days, the old days.
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Translations
أمامي ، عَبْرَالفِعْل في الزَّمَن الماضيالفِعل في الزَّمن الماضيالـمَاضِي الماضي، الأخير
minulostminulýzaminulý časpo
forbifortidovertidligereforgangen
menneisyysmennytohitakanaviime
nakonpokrajprošaoprošlost
múltmúlt idő
fortíîframhjáhjáliîinnòátíî
・・・のそばの・・・を過ぎて過ぎ去った過去
...을 지나서~을 지나서과거과거의
būtasisbūtasis laikaspraeitispraėjęspro
aizritējisbeidziesgarāmgarām, garpāri
minulý čas
čezpreteklipreteklikpreteklostzadnji
prošlost
förbiförflutenförflutetförflutna
อดีตที่ผ่านไปแล้วผ่าน
quá khứđã quangang quaqua

past

[pɑːst]
A. ADV
1. (in place) she walked slowly past → pasó despacio
the days flew past → los días pasaron volando
to march past → desfilar
to run/rush past → pasar corriendo/precipitadamente
2. (in time) it's ten past → son y diez
I've been waiting since half past → llevo esperando desde y media
B. PREP
1. (in place)
1.1. (= passing by) → por delante de
we went past your house → pasamos por delante de tu casa
we drove past a flock of sheep → pasamos al lado de un rebaño de ovejas con el coche
1.2. (= beyond) → más allá de
just past the town hall → un poco más allá del Ayuntamiento
it's the first house past the park → es la primera casa después del parque
first you have to get past a fierce dog → antes de entrar vas a tener que vértelas con un perro fiero
we couldn't get past the crowds of people → no pudimos abrirnos paso entre la muchedumbre
she just pushed past me → pasó pegándome un empujón
to run past sb → pasar a algn corriendo
2. (in time) quarter/half past four → las cuatro y cuarto/media
at twenty past four → a las cuatro y veinte
it's past twelve → son las doce pasadas
it's long past the time he normally gets back → él normalmente hubiese llegado hace tiempo
it's past your bedtime → ya tenías que estar durmiendo
3. (= beyond the limits of) he's past 40 → tiene más de 40 años
it's past mending → ya no tiene remedio
it's past belief → es increíble
I'm past caring → ya me trae sin cuidado
it's past endurance → es intolerable
to be past it [person] → estar para el arrastre
those jeans are a bit past it → esos vaqueros ya están como para jubilarlos
I wouldn't put it past him → no me extrañaría en él, lo creo capaz hasta de eso
C. ADJ
1. (= previous) [occasion] → anterior
past experience tells me not to trust him → sé por experiencia que no debo fiarme de él
I'm not interested in his past life → no me interesa su pasado
we must have met in a past life → seguro que nos hemos conocido en una vida anterior
in past years → en años anteriores
2. (= former) → antiguo
past president of → antiguo presidente de ..., ex presidente de ...
her past and present pupils → sus alumnos de ayer y de hoy
3. (= most recent, last) → último
the past few weeks have been hell → las últimas semanas han sido un verdadero infierno
she has got worse in the past few days → su condición ha empeorado en los últimos días
what has happened over the past week/year? → ¿qué ha pasado en la última semana/el último año?
4. (= over) all that is past now → todo eso ya ha pasado, todo eso ya ha quedado atrás
what's past is past → lo pasado, pasado (está)
those days are past now → aquellos tiempos pasaron ya
for some time past → de un tiempo a esta parte
in times past → antiguamente, antaño (liter)
5. to be a past master at (doing) sth → ser un maestro consumado en (hacer) algo
D. N
1. (= past times) the past → el pasado
you mustn't dwell on the past → no debes pensar demasiado en el pasado
you can't change the past → no puedes cambiar el pasado
in the past it was considered bad manners to → antes or antiguamente se consideraba de mala educación hacer ...
I've always done it like this in the past → yo siempre lo he hecho así
you're living in the past → estás viviendo en el pasado
it's a thing of the past → pertenece a la historia
2. [of person] → pasado m; [of place] → historia f
a woman with a past → una mujer con pasado
a town with a past → una ciudad con historia
3. (Ling) → pasado m, pretérito m
E. CPD past participle N (Ling) → participio m pasado or pasivo
past perfect N (Ling) → pluscuamperfecto m
past tense N (Ling) → (tiempo m) pasado m
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past

[ˈpɑːst]
prep
(= further on than) → après
It's on the right, just past the station → C'est sur la droite, juste après la gare.
The farm was just past the village → La ferme était juste après le village.
to go past vt (= go in front of) → passer devant
The bus goes past our house → Le bus passe devant notre maison. (= overshoot) → dépasser
I think we must have gone past the turn → Je crois que nous avons dépassé l'embranchement.
to walk past vt [+ place] → passer devant (à pied); [+ person] → passer devant
to dash past sb → passer en courant devant qn
to drive past a house [person] → passer devant une maison (en voiture)
(= later than) → après
two months past its deadline → deux mois après la date limite
It was just past dinner time → C'était juste après l'heure du dîner.
It's past midnight
BUT Il est minuit passé.
It's long past bedtime, Hugo
BUT Tu devrais être au lit depuis longtemps, Hugo.
It was well past closing time
BUT L'heure de la fermeture était passée depuis longtemps.
(telling the time) it's half past ten → il est dix heures et demie
it's quarter past nine → il est neuf heures et quart
it's ten past eight → il est huit heures dix
(= older than) he's past forty → il a dépassé la quarantaine, il a plus de quarante ans
to be past it (British) (= no longer any good) [person] → ne plus être à la hauteur (= thing) → ne plus être de la première jeunesse
(= beyond)
I'm past caring → Ça ne me fait plus ni chaud ni froid.
adj
[event, experience, life] → passé(e)
[day, week, year] → dernier/ère
I've spent most of the past eight years at sea → J'ai passé la plupart de ces huit dernières années en mer.
the past few days → ces derniers jours
for the past few days → depuis quelques jours
for the past year → depuis un an
I've been homeless for the past year → Je suis sans domicile fixe depuis un an.
[verb] → au passé
[government, leader] (= preceding) → précédent(e) (= in the past) → ancien(ne)
all past governments → tous les gouvernements précédents
all the past US presidents → tous les anciens présidents des EU
n
(not the present) → passé m
the past → le passé
to live in the past (= ignore the present) → vivre dans le passé
She lives in the past → Elle vit dans le passé.
[person, country] → passé m
revelations about her past → des révélations sur son passé
in the past adv (= in former times) → dans le temps, autrefois
This was common in the past → C'était courant autrefois.
(= tense) → passé m
adv
to hurry past sth [+ place] → passer en hâte devant qch
to dash past sb → passer en courant devant qn
to go past vi → passer
The bus went past without stopping → Le bus est passé sans s'arrêter.
to drive past vi → passer
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past

adj
→ frühe(r, s) attr, → vergangene(r, s) attr; for some time past → seit einiger Zeit; in times past → in früheren or vergangenen Zeiten ; it’s past history now → das gehört jetzt der Vergangenheit an; all that is now past → das ist jetzt alles vorüber or vorbei ; what’s past is past → was vorbei ist, ist vorbei ; in the past week → letzte or vorige or vergangene Woche, in der letzten or vergangenen Woche ; past president → früherer Präsident
(Gram) past tense → Vergangenheit f, → Vergangenheitsform f
n
→ Vergangenheit f; to learn the lessons of the past → die Lehren aus der Vergangenheit ziehen ; in the past → in der Vergangenheit, früher ; events in the recent past have shown that ... → die jüngsten Ereignisse haben gezeigt, dass ...; to live in the past → in der Vergangenheit leben ; to be a thing of the past → der Vergangenheit (dat) → angehören ; that’s all in the past now → das ist jetzt alles Vergangenheit ; a town/woman with a past → eine Stadt/Frau mit Vergangenheit ; he was believed to have a "past" → man nahm an, dass er kein unbeschriebenes Blatt sei
(Gram) → Vergangenheit f, → Präteritum nt; the verb is in the past → das Verb steht in der Vergangenheit
prep
(motion) → an (+dat) → ... vorbei or vorüber ; (position: = beyond) → hinter (+dat), → nach (+dat); just past the library → kurz nach or hinter der Bücherei ; to run past somebody → an jdm vorbeilaufen; he stared straight past me → er starrte geradeaus an mir vorbei
(time) → nach (+dat); ten (minutes) past three → zehn (Minuten) nach drei; half past four → halb fünf; a quarter past nine → Viertel nach neun; it’s past 12 → es ist schon nach 12 or 12 vorbei ; the trains run at a quarter past the hour → die Züge gehen jeweils um Viertel nach; it’s (well) past your bedtime → du solltest schon längst im Bett liegen
(= beyond) → über (+acc); past forty → über vierzig; the patient is past saving → der Patient ist nicht mehr zu retten ; we’re past caring → es kümmert uns nicht mehr ; to be past something → für etw zu alt sein; my car is getting past it (inf) → mein Auto tuts allmählich nicht mehr, mein Auto bringts nicht mehr (inf); he’s past it (inf) → er ist zu alt, er ist ein bisschen alt (dafür), er bringts nicht mehr (sl); she’s getting a bit past it (inf) → sie wird allmählich alt ; I wouldn’t put it past him (inf) → ich würde es ihm schon zutrauen
adv → vorbei, vorüber ; to walk past → vorüber- or vorbeigehen ; to run past → vorbeirennen

past

:
past participle
n → Partizip Perfekt nt, → zweites Partizip
past perfect
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past

[pɑːst]
1. adv to walk past, go past → passare
to run or dash past → passare di corsa
the days flew past → i giorni sono volati (via)
2. prep
a. (in place, in front of) → davanti a ; (beyond) → oltre, di là di, dopo
I go past the school every day → passo davanti alla scuola ogni giorno
it's just past the church → è appena oltre la chiesa
b. (in time) → passato/a
it's past midnight → è mezzanotte passata
quarter/half past four → le quattro e un quarto/e mezzo
at twenty past four → alle quattro e venti
c. (beyond the limits of) → al di là di, oltre
it's past belief → è assolutamente incredibile
I'm past caring → non me ne importa più nulla
she's past forty → ha passato i quaranta
to be past it (fam) (person) → essere finito/a (object) → essere da buttar via
I wouldn't put it past her to do it (fam) → non sarei affatto sorpreso se lo facesse
3. adj (gen) (Gram) → passato/a; (president, pupil) → ex inv
for some time past → da qualche tempo
for the past few days → da qualche giorno, in questi ultimi giorni
for the past 3 days → negli ultimi 3 giorni
in past years → negli anni passati
those days are past now → è passato quel tempo
4. n → passato
in the past → in or nel passato (Gram) → al passato
it's a thing of the past → è una cosa del passato
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past

(paːst) adjective
1. just finished. the past year. afgelope الماضي، الأخير минал passado minulý vergangen forgangen προηγούμενος pasado möödunud گذشته viime passé שֶׁעָבַר पिछला prošlost múlt yang lalu liðinn passato, scorso この前の 과거의 praėjęs, ankstesnis, buvęs, paskutinis pagājis; aizritējis lalu afgelopen siste, forrige ubiegły تيره، ماضي passado trecut минувший minulý pretekli prošli gången, förfluten เพิ่งผ่านไป geçen 過去的 минулий گذشتہ quá khứ 过去的
2. over, finished or ended, of an earlier time than the present. The time for discussion is past. verby ماضٍ، انتهى минал passado pryč vorbei forbi περασμένος pasado möödas گذشته؛ پایان یافته ohi écoulé חלף समाप्त या पूरा होना u prošlim vremenima, koji pripada prošlosti elmúlt berakhir liðinn finito 終わった 끝난 pasibaigęs, praėjęs beidzies; pagājis tamat voorbij over, forbi, slutt miniony تيره passado ter­minat истекший preč izteči se prošao förbi ที่ผ่านไปแล้ว geçmiş 完成 минулий ماضي đã qua 完成
3. (of the tense of a verb) indicating action in the past. In `He did it', the verb is in the past tense. verlede tyd الفِعل في الزَّمن الماضي минал passado minulý Vergangenheit(s)-... datid παρελθοντικός χρόνος (γραμμ.) pasado mineviku(aeg) گذشته imperfekti passé עבר भूतकाल prošao, prošlo vrijeme múlt idő bentuk kala lampau þátíð passato 過去の 과거(형)의 būtasis pagātnes- lampau verleden fortid, preteritum przeszły تيره passado trecut прошедший minulý preteklik prošlo vreme förfluten, imperfekt แสดงเหตุการณ์ในอดีต geçmiş 過去[時]的 минулий فعل ماضي سے متعلق thời quá khứ 过去式的
preposition
1. up to and beyond; by. He ran past me. verby أمامي ، عَبْرَ покрай para além de za hinterher forbi μπροστά από por delante de mööda آنطرف تر؛ ماورای ohi devant עַל פְּנֵי- के परे, से अधिक pored el vki, vmi mellett melewati framhjá oltre, di là di 通り越して (~을) 지나쳐서 pro, už, virš garām, gar melewati voorbij, langs ... heen forbi obok ماضي além de pe lângă мимо za, mimo, vedľa mimo pored förbi พ้น ...-in yanından (...-erek geçmek) 越過 мимо, повз کے پاس سے qua 越过
2. after. It's past six o'clock. ná بَعْد след depois de pryč nach over μετά pasadas üle, läbi بعد از yli passé אַחֲרֵי- के बाद poslije múlt lewat (fram) yfir dopo più di 過ぎて (~을) 지나 po pāri lebih over over po پس له depois de peste после; за preč, po čez prošlo över เลย geçiyor 在...之後,過 після, за بعد quá 在...之后,过
adverb
up to and beyond (a particular place, person etc). The soldiers marched past. verby عَبْر، مُجْتازين покрай em frente mimo die Vergangenheit forbi από μπροστά por delante mööda فراتر؛ فراسوی ohi au delà de, plus loin que מֵעֵבֶר ל- द्वारा, से mimo, kraj el- (vonul stb.) vki, vmi mellett lewat (fram)hjá oltre 通り過ぎて 지나쳐서 pro šalį garām lalu voorbij forbi obok هاخوا em frente mai departe (de), dincolo (de) мимо mimo, okolo mimo pored förbi เลยผ่าน ...-in yanından/önünden öteye 過 по ту сторону سے آگے qua 过,经过
noun
1. a person's earlier life or career, especially if secret or not respectable. He never spoke about his past. verlede ماضي الأنْسان минало passado minulost die Vergangenheit fortid παρελθόν pasado minevik سابقه؛ سرگذشت menneisyys passé עבר अतीत prošlost előélet, múlt masa lalu fortíð passato 前歴 과거 praeitis pagātne masa silam verleden fortid przeszłość پخوانی passado trecut прошлое minulosť preteklost prošlost det förflutna สิ่งที่เกิดในอดีต geçmiş, mazi 往事 минуле ماضي کي ذندگي quá khứ 往事
2. the past tense. a verb in the past. verlede tyd الفِعْل في الزَّمَن الماضي минало време passado minulý čas früher datid παρελθοντικός χρόνος (γραμμ.) pasado minevik زمان گذشته imperfekti passé עבר भूतकाल prošlo vrijeme múlt idő bentuk lampau þátíð passato 過去形 과거(형) būtasis laikas pagātne, pagātnes laiks lampau de verleden tijd fortid, preteritum czas przeszły پخوانی زمان passado trecut прошедшее время minulý čas preteklik prošlo vreme förfluten [form], imperfekt รูปกริยาแสดงเหตุการณ์ในอดีต geçmiş zaman 過去時 минулий час زمانۂ ماضي thời quá khứ 过去式
the past
the time which was before the present. In the past, houses were built of wood or stone. die verlede, vroeër الماضي в миналото passado minulost die Vergangenheit fortiden το παρελθόν pasado minevik در گذشته menneisyys passé הֶעָבָר प्राचीन काल में u prošlim vremenima a múlt masa lalu fortíð; áður fyrr passato 昔 과거 praeitis pagātne; senāk zaman dahulu verleden fortida, svunne tider przeszłość د پخوانی passado trecutul прошлое minulosť preteklost prošlost förr, det förflutna เวลาก่อนปัจจุบัน geçmiş 昔日 минуле پہلے، ماضي thời quá khứ 昔日
see also passed.
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past

→ الـمَاضِي , بَعْدُ , ماضٍ , وَرَاءَ minulost, po, uplynulý, za forbi, fortid, tidligere hinter , nach , vergangen , Vergangenheit μετά από , παρελθόν , πέρα , περασμένος después de , más allá , pasado , pasar menneisyys, mennyt, ohi, takana après , de l'autre côté de , passé nakon, pokraj, prošao, prošlost di fronte a , e , passato ・・・のそばの, ・・・を過ぎて, 過ぎ去った, 過去 ...을 지나서, ~을 지나서, 과거, 과거의 over , verleden , voorbij , vroeger forbi , forhenværende , fortid po , przeszłość , przeszły , za a seguir, depois , para além de , passado позади , после , прошедший , прошлое förbi, förfluten, förflutet ที่ผ่านไปแล้ว, ผ่าน, อดีต geçiyor , geçmek , geçmiş đã qua, ngang qua, qua, quá khứ 在...另一侧 , 越过 , 过去 , 过去的
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past

n. pasado; a. pasado-a.
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