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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 (29) past -- (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year") 2.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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