past
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /pæst/
:
pasado
- Children are less physically active today than children of past decades and generations.
- the past year
- the past decade
- past experience
I've had extensions in my hair for the past four years.
- I've had extensions in my hair for the past four years.
- And I have failed at doing that over the past year.
- In a way, this feels like past Intel launches.
- But with one important exception, Mike says past pandemics have fooled us.
- We start to, you know, hold on to past labels people put on us.
- This is Theo with with this past weekend's podcast.
- My mom died this past September of Alzheimer's.
- We went to Burning Man in Lake Tahoe the past couple weeks and had.
- I've been to the past the past four years, right.
- I think the bigger struggle this past month was everyone fell.
Examples
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Compared to this dismal record, the past decade has been highly successful.
Academic text (2011) -
Every single video for the past few months has been about me.
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And I have failed at doing that over the past year.
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Some stay for decades, well past their childhood.
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High heels had in the past been worn by men too.
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Over the past few months, I've come to know this town quite well.
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The rapid growth of cell phone ownership in the past few years demonstrates the popularity of mobile technology.
Academic text (2011) -
I've done this extensively in the past two years and have been turned down only once.
Academic text (2011) -
Border security budgets have ballooned over the past decade, but the results are unclear.
Academic text (2011) -
The ancient ruins are a reminder of civilizations that thrived in the past.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A thing that belonged to or was used before the one you have now
∞
1.0
Happening before now or before another event
752
2.9
Happening before something else in time
400
3.6
Connected with the past, for example old events or buildings
16
9.6
From a time long ago when life was different
8
4.8
From a time very long ago
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To think about things beyond your own immediate needs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
2.7
A verb form that shows a finished action and is used with have or in passive sentences
- Specialized
1
3.0
A verb tense that shows an action happened before another past action or time
- Specialized
A verb form for an action that finished before another past action
- Specialized
A verb form that shows an action happening at a certain time in the past
- Specialized
Shows an action that was happening at a certain time in the past
- Specialized
A verb form that shows an action or state happened and finished in the past
- Specialized
An ending or small change to a verb that shows it happened before now
How Distant
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective past comes from the verb pass, meaning 'to go by', so something that is past belongs to a time 'before' now.