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  PAST, n.  That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we
  have a slight and regrettable acquaintance.  A moving line called the
  Present parts it from an imaginary period known as the Future.  These
  two grand divisions of Eternity, of which the one is continually
  effacing the other, are entirely unlike.  The one is dark with sorrow
  and disappointment, the other bright with prosperity and joy.  The
  Past is the region of sobs, the Future is the realm of song.  In the
  one crouches Memory, clad in sackcloth and ashes, mumbling penitential
  prayer; in the sunshine of the other Hope flies with a free wing,
  beckoning to temples of success and bowers of ease.  Yet the Past is
  the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow.  They
  are one -- the knowledge and the dream.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Past \Past\, n.
     A former time or state; a state of things gone by. ``The
     past, at least, is secure.'' --D. Webster.
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           The present is only intelligible in the light of the
           past, often a very remote past indeed.   --Trench.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Past \Past\, prep.
     1. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the
        reach or influence of. ``Who being past feeling.'' --Eph.
        iv. 19. ``Galled past endurance.'' --Macaulay.
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              Until we be past thy borders.         --Num. xxi.
                                                    22.
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              Love, when once past government, is consequently
              past shame.                           --L'Estrange.
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     2. Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
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              Is it not past two o'clock?           --Shak.
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     3. Above; exceeding; more than. [R.]
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              Not past three quarters of a mile.    --Shak.
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              Bows not past three quarters of a yard long.
                                                    --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Past \Past\, adv.
     By; beyond; as, he ran past.
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           The alarum of drums swept past.          --Longfellow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Past \Past\, a. [From Pass, v.]
     Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present
     nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past
     troubles; past offences. ``Past ages.'' --Milton.
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     Past master. See under Master.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Past \Past\, adv.
     By; beyond; as, he ran past.
  
           The alarum of drums swept past.          --Longfellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Past \Past\, a. [From Pass, v.]
     Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present
     nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past
     troubles; past offences. ``Past ages.'' --Milton.
  
     Past master. See under Master.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Past \Past\, n.
     A former time or state; a state of things gone by. ``The
     past, at least, is secure.'' --D. Webster.
  
           The present is only intelligible in the light of the
           past, often a very remote past indeed.   --Trench.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Past \Past\, prep.
     1. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the
        reach or influence of. ``Who being past feeling.'' --Eph.
        iv. 19. ``Galled past endurance.'' --Macaulay.
  
              Until we be past thy borders.         --Num. xxi.
                                                    22.
  
              Love, when once past government, is consequently
              past shame.                           --L'Estrange.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  past
       adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time
              past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the
              past year" [ant: present(a), future]
       2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or
          office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a),
          preceding(a), retiring(a)]
       3: a verb tense or other construction referring to events or
          states that existed at some previous time; "past
          participle"
       n 1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: past
            times, yesteryear, yore] [ant: future]
       2: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they
          have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the
          candidate's past"
       3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
          [syn: past tense]
       adv : so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
             [syn: by]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  past
     Σλοβενικά n.
     παγίδα
     Τσεχικά n.
     η παγίδα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  past
     Czech n.
     trap (gloss: a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals)
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl passen  23 s pres ind ; p imp)
     Old French n.
     food, meal
     Slovene n.
     trap
     Slovene vb.
     (inflection of sl pásti  supine)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  past
     a.
     Having already happened; in the past; finished. (from 14th c.)
     adv.
     In a direction that passes.
     n.
     The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the
  present and the future.
     prep.
     1 beyond in place or quantity
     2 (lb en time) Any number of minutes after the last hour
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) (infl of en pass  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  past
     Czech n.
     trap (gloss: a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals)
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl passen  23 s pres ind ; p imp)
     Old French n.
     food, meal
     Slovene n.
     trap
     Slovene vb.
     (inflection of sl pásti  supine)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  past
     Czech n.
     trap (gloss: a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals)
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl passen  23 s pres ind ; p imp)
     Old French n.
     food, meal

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  past
     Tšekki n.
     ansa, loukku

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  past
     Engelska a.
     förfluten, gången
     Engelska adv.
     förbi
     Engelska prep.
     över, efter

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  past /pˈast/
  1. verlede
  2. verby

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Past /pˈast/
  الماضي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  past //pæst// //pɑːst// 
  1. ми́нал
  having already happened; in the past
  2. изминал
  of a period of time: having just gone by

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  past //pæst// //pɑːst// 
  покрай
  in a direction that passes

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  past //pæst// //pɑːst// 
  1. минало време
  (grammar) past tense
  2. ми́нало, минало
  period of time that has already happened

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  past //pæst// //pɑːst// 
  край
  beyond in place