Past
a.
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Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
Phrases & Compounds
- Past master
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See under Master.
Past
n.
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A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed.
Past
prep.
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Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
Until we be past thy borders.
Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame.
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Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
Is it not past two o'clock?
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Above; exceeding; more than. [R.]
Not past three quarters of a mile.
Bows not past three quarters of a yard long.
Past
adv.
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By; beyond; as, he ran past.
The alarum of drums swept past.