Past word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "past" word
[noun] the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
[noun] a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
[adv] so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
[adjective] earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
[adjective] (grammar) a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle"
\Past\, n. A former time or state; a state of things gone by. ``The past, at least, is secure.'' --D. Webster. The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed. --Trench.
\Past\, prep. 1. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of. ``Who being past feeling.'' --Eph. iv. 19. ``Galled past endurance.'' --Macaulay. Until we be past thy borders. --Num. xxi. 22. Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. --L'Estrange. 2. Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour. Is it not past two o'clock? --Shak. 3. Above; exceeding; more than. [R.] Not past three quarters of a mile. --Shak. Bows not past three quarters of a yard long. --Spenser.
\Past\, adv. By; beyond; as, he ran past. The alarum of drums swept past. --Longfellow.
Synonyms for past
ago, agone, ancient, by, bygone, bypast, chivalric, departed, earlier, early(a), erstwhile(a), ex(a), foregone, former(a), gone, historic, historical, knightly, last(a), late(a), medieval, olden, once(a), onetime(a), other(a), past tense, past times, prehistoric, prehistorical, previous(a), quondam(a), recent, sometime(a), then(a), ult, ultimo, yesteryear, yore
Antonyms: future, future, futurity, hereafter, present(a), time to come
See also: auld langsyne | bygone | history | langsyne | life | noncurrent | old | old | old times | outgoing | period | period of time | preterit | preterite | tense | the good old days | time | time immemorial | time out of mind | time period | water under the bridge | yesterday |
Related terms: after, ago, anterior, antiquated, dated, days gone by, dead, deceased, done, gone, gone glimmering, lang syne, nearby, olden times, once, past perfect, precedent, primeval, term, while, wound up, yore
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Let's analyse "past" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TSAP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
past: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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