Grep  of  noun  past 
  dead  hand  of  the  past 
  flypast 
  past 
  past  master 
  past  participle 
  past  perfect 
  past  perfect  tense 
  past  progressive 
  past  progressive  tense 
  past  tense 
  past  times 
  pasta 
  pasta  salad 
  pasta  sauce 
  paste 
  paste-up 
  pasteboard 
  pastel 
  paster 
  pastern 
  pasternak 
  pasteur 
  pasteurellosis 
  pasteurisation 
  pasteurization 
  pasteurized  milk 
  pastiche 
  pasties 
  pastil 
  pastille 
  pastime 
  pastinaca 
  pastinaca  sativa 
  pastis 
  pastness 
  pasto 
  pastor 
  pastor  roseus 
  pastor  sturnus 
  pastoral 
  pastorale 
  pastorate 
  pastorship 
  pastrami 
  pastry 
  pastry  cart 
  pastry  cook 
  pastry  dough 
  pasturage 
  pasture 
  pasture  brake 
  pastureland 
  pasturized  milk 
  pasty 
  repast 
 
  Overview  of  noun  past 
 
  The  noun  past  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (44)  past,  past  times,  yesteryear,  yore  --  (the  time  that  has  elapsed;  "forget  the  past") 
  2.  (5)  past  --  (a  earlier  period  in  someone's  life  (especially  one  that  they  have  reason  to  keep  secret);  "reporters  dug  into  the  candidate's  past") 
  3.  (1)  past,  past  tense  --  (a  verb  tense  that  expresses  actions  or  states  in  the  past) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  past 
 
  The  adj  past  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (29)  past  --  (earlier  than  the  present  time;  no  longer  current;  "time  past";  "his  youth  is  past";  "this  past  Thursday";  "the  past  year") 
  2.  (4)  past,  preceding,  retiring  --  (of  a  person  who  has  held  and  relinquished  a  position  or  office;  "a  retiring  member  of  the  board") 
  3.  past  --  ((grammar)  a  verb  tense  or  other  construction  referring  to  events  or  states  that  existed  at  some  previous  time;  "past  participle") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  past 
 
  The  adv  past  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (15)  by  past  --  (so  as  to  pass  a  given  point;  "every  hour  a  train  goes  past") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  past 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  past 
 
  Sense  1 
  past  (vs.  present)  (vs.  future) 
 
  present(postnominal)  (vs.  future)  (vs.  past) 
  =>  existing 
  =>  immediate 
  =>  instant,  inst 
  =>  latter-day 
  future  (vs.  past)  (vs.  present) 
  =>  approaching,  coming(postnominal),  forthcoming,  upcoming 
  =>  coming(postnominal),  future  day 
  =>  early 
  =>  in  store(prenominal) 
  =>  prospective(postnominal) 
  =>  proximo,  prox 
  =>  emerging,  rising 
 
  Sense  2 
  past(postnominal),  preceding(postnominal),  retiring(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  outgoing)  ->  incoming 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  past 
 
  3  senses  of  past 
 
  Sense  1 
  past  (vs.  present)  (vs.  future) 
  =>  ancient 
  =>  bygone,  bypast,  departed,  foregone,  gone 
  =>  chivalric,  knightly,  medieval 
  =>  earlier 
  =>  early(postnominal),  former(postnominal),  other(postnominal) 
  =>  erstwhile(postnominal),  former(postnominal),  once(postnominal),  onetime(postnominal),  quondam(postnominal),  sometime(postnominal) 
  =>  ex(postnominal) 
  =>  former(postnominal),  late(postnominal),  previous(postnominal) 
  =>  historic,  historical 
  =>  last(postnominal) 
  =>  late(postnominal),  recent 
  =>  old 
  =>  olden 
  =>  prehistoric,  prehistorical 
  =>  then(postnominal) 
  =>  ultimo,  ult 
  =>  ago,  agone 
  =>  other(postnominal) 
  Also  See->  noncurrent#1;  old#2;  outgoing#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  past(postnominal),  preceding(postnominal),  retiring(postnominal) 
  =>  outgoing  (vs.  incoming) 
 
  Sense  3 
  past 
  Pertains  to  noun  past  (Sense  3) 
  =>past,  past  tense 
  =>  tense 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  past 
 
  1  of  3  senses  of  past 
 
  Sense  1 
  past  (vs.  present)  (vs.  future) 
  =>  timing 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  past 
 
  past  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  past 
  bypast 
  past 
  pasted 
  pastel 
  pastelike 
  pasteurian 
  pasteurised 
  pasteurized 
  pastoral 
  pasty 
 
  Overview  of  noun  past 
 
  The  noun  past  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (44)  past,  past  times,  yesteryear,  yore  --  (the  time  that  has  elapsed;  "forget  the  past") 
  2.  (5)  past  --  (a  earlier  period  in  someone's  life  (especially  one  that  they  have  reason  to  keep  secret);  "reporters  dug  into  the  candidate's  past") 
  3.  (1)  past,  past  tense  --  (a  verb  tense  that  expresses  actions  or  states  in  the  past) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  past 
 
  The  adj  past  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (29)  past  --  (earlier  than  the  present  time;  no  longer  current;  "time  past";  "his  youth  is  past";  "this  past  Thursday";  "the  past  year") 
  2.  (4)  past,  preceding,  retiring  --  (of  a  person  who  has  held  and  relinquished  a  position  or  office;  "a  retiring  member  of  the  board") 
  3.  past  --  ((grammar)  a  verb  tense  or  other  construction  referring  to  events  or  states  that  existed  at  some  previous  time;  "past  participle") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  past 
 
  The  adv  past  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (15)  by  past  --  (so  as  to  pass  a  given  point;  "every  hour  a  train  goes  past") 

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