Results for past

Definitions of past:

part of speech: adjective

Pa. p. of PASS.

part of speech: adverb

By, as the wind swept past; the past, time gone by.

part of speech: noun

The time gone by; previous life or history.

part of speech: adjective

Gone by: elapsed: ended: in time already passed.

part of speech: preposition

Beyond; out of reach of.

part of speech: adverb

By.

part of speech: preposition

Farther than: out of reach of: no longer capable of.

part of speech: preposition

Beyond in time; after; as, it is past his time; he is past cure.

part of speech: adverb

By; beyond; as, he just walked past.

part of speech: adjective

Gone by or beyond; not present nor future; ended; accomplished.

part of speech: participial adjective

Having formerly been; gone by; last; completed; in grammar, referring to time gone by; as, the pasttense.

Usage examples for past:

• Shall you be ready by half past ten to go out and see the town? "Rollo in Holland", Jacob Abbott

• The past may be forgotten. "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers

• " He hadn't come up to half- past five," said Lapham. "Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells", William Dean Howells

• The dark room was full of the past full of all the things which the old woman's words had brought to life out of the dead years. "The Twilight of the Souls", Louis Couperus