past
1. the time that has elapsed (Freq. 42)
- forget the past
• Syn:
past times, yesteryear
• Ant:
future
• Hypernyms:
time
• Hyponyms:
yore, bygone, water under the bridge, old, history,
history, time out of mind, auld langsyne, langsyne, old times,
good old days, yesterday
2. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) (Freq. 5)
- reporters dug into the candidate's past
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Part Holonyms:
life
3. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
past tense
• Hypernyms:
tense
• Hyponyms:
preterit, preterite
1. earlier than the present time;
no longer current (Freq. 29)
- time past
- his youth is past
- this past Thursday
- the past year
• Ant:
present, future
• Similar to:
ago, agone, ancient, bygone, bypast,
departed, foregone, gone, chivalric, knightly, medieval,
early, former, other, erstwhile, old, onetime,
one-time, quondam, sometime, late, previous, historic,
historical, last, recent, olden, prehistoric, prehistorical,
then, ultimo, ult
• See Also:
noncurrent, old, outgoing
• Derivationally related forms:
pastness
• Attrubites:
timing
2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office (Freq. 4)
- a retiring member of the board
• Syn:
preceding, retiring
• Similar to:
outgoing
so as to pass a given point (Freq. 15)
- every hour a train goes past
• Syn:
by
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