past

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Preposition 1.6.1 Usage notes 1.6.2 Translations 1.7 Related terms 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Verb 4 Slovene 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: päst, IPA: /pɑːst/, SAMPA: /pA:st/
• (US) IPA: /pæst/
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  Homophones: passed

  Rhymes: -ɑːst

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, past participle of passen (“‘to pass", "to go by’”)

[edit] Noun

past (plural pasts)

1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
2. (grammar) The past tense.

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[edit] Adjective

past (comparative more past, superlative most past)

1. Having already happened; in the past; finished.

   past glories

2. Relating to the past.

   past tense

3. (of a period of time) the one before this one

   during the past year

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[edit] Adverb

past (comparative more past, superlative most past)

1. in a direction that passes

   I watched him walk past

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[edit] Preposition

past

1. beyond in place, quantity or time

   the room past mine

   count past twenty

   past Midnight

[edit] 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. five past, ten past etc. See the example below.

  1. I thought it was about six o'clock, but it was actually ten past.

• Compare with to (five to, ten to, quarter to, twenty to, twenty-five to)
• See also: o'clock

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• past master
• past it

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Noun

past f

1. trap

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[edit] Verb

past

1. second person singular present tense of passen
2. third person singular present tense of passen

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[edit] Slovene

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past f

1. trap