past
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
verb
1. To change place.
2. To change in state or status
3. To move through time.
4. To be accepted.
5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
6. To do or be better.
7. To take heed.
Synonyms
noun
1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
"a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past"
2. (grammar) The past tense.
Synonyms
adjective
1. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
"past glories"
2. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
3. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
"during the past year"
4. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
"past tense"
Synonyms
adverb
1. In a direction that passes.
"I watched him walk past"
2. Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
"Ignore them, we'll play past them."
Synonyms
preposition
1. Beyond in place, quantity or time.
"count past twenty"
2. No longer capable of.
"I'm past caring what he thinks of me."
3. Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
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