past

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Preposition 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 Related terms 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Verb 4 Slovene 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: päst, IPA: /pɑːst/, SAMPA: /pA:st/
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  Homophones: passed

  Rhymes: -ɑːst

[edit] Etymology

(Adjective) Past participle of passen.

[edit] Noun

past (plural pasts)

1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
2. (grammar) The past tense.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

past (comparative more past, superlative most past)

1. Having already happened; in the past; finished.

   past glories

2. Relating to the past.

   past tense

3. (of a period of time) the one before this one

   during the past year

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[edit] Adverb

past (comparative more past, superlative most past)

1. in a direction that passes

   I watched him walk past

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Dutch: voorbij nl(nl) Greek: επέκεινα (epécina), πέρα (péra)

Russian: мимо ru(ru) (mímo)

[edit] Preposition

past

1. beyond in place, quantity or time

   the room past mine

   count past twenty

   past Midnight

[edit] Translations

Dutch: voorbij nl(nl), verder nl(nl) Greek: πέρα (péra)

Irish: tar éis ga(ga), i ndiaidh ga(ga) Norwegian: forbi, bortenfor

[edit] Related terms

• past master
• past participle
• past perfect
• past tense
• past it

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Noun

past f

1. trap

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

past

1. second person singular present tense of passen
2. third person singular present tense of passen

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Noun

past f

1. trap