past

[US]/pɑːst/
[UK]/pæst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the time that has gone by; things that have happened
adj. having existed or taken place before now; finished
prep. moving from one side to the other side of something; later than
adv. moving from one side to the other side of something; to pass by or beyond

Phrases & Collocations

in the past

past decades

past experiences

past mistakes

past relationships

past year

past experience

past and present

half past

past month

past time

past tense

past events

go past

past history

walk past

brush past

past participle

past master

past due

Example Sentences

a past president; a past inmate of a cell.

the past is of no consequence .

a half past one.

at half past five.

it's half past four.

the past and the present are inextricable.

it's half past five.

it's half past one.

it's half past six.

it's half past twelve.

He is past fifty.

in the past few days.

a past that was scarcely savory.

The train is past due.

to record past events

to be past the wit of man

It is past all hope.

Real-world Examples

And I was up well past midnight.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

They're the past, crippling you in the present.

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This gets you past that initial roadblock.

Source: Popular Science Essays

We use it to light up the past.

Source: A Brief History of the World

HE WHO controls the past controls the future.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The answer could lie in our evolutionary past.

Source: Portable English Bilingual Edition

Two year deal gets us past the Election.

Source: Newsweek

Well I wouldn't put it past you.

Source: Lost Girl Season 05

Takes you right past the Devil Worshiper Woods.

Source: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Original Movie

Is that the one just past the shopping mall?

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 13

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