Meaning

2 senses
  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

    1830, Daniel Webster, a speech The past, at least, is secure.

    Vergangenheit

    про́шлоеpróšloje, было́еbylóje

    мину́леmynúle

    the time that has elapsed

  2. The past tense.

    Vergangenheit, Präteritum

    проше́дшее вре́мяprošédšeje vrémja

    мину́лий часmynúlyj čas

    a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

Examples

2087 sentences
  1. Excuse me, could I get past?

    Перепрошую, можна мені пройти?

    ruИзвините, можно я пройду?

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  2. School begins at half past eight.

    Заняття почитаються о пів на дев'яту.

    ruЗанятия в школе начинаются в восемь тридцать.

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  3. I don't care about your past.

    Мені байдуже твоє минуле.

    ruМеня не беспокоит Ваше прошлое.

    deDeine Vergangenheit interessiert mich nicht.

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  4. Everything was better in the past.

    У минулому все було краще.

    ruРаньше всё было лучше.

    deFrüher war alles besser.

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  5. Tom couldn't get past the guard.

    Том не зміг пройти повз охорону.

    deTom kam nicht am Wächter vorbei.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
period of time that has already happened:
(grammar) past tense:
Русский
By meaning 2
period of time that has already happened:
(grammar) past tense:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
period of time that has already happened:
(grammar) past tense:

Origin

From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern

From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.

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Forms

plural: pasts
Singularpast
Pluralpasts

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
period of time that has already happened:foretime
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the past three
  • for the past
  • past three
  • past three years
  • in the past
  • walked past
  • past three days
  • at half past
  • past three months
  • the past few
  • about his past
  • half past

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
past — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto