past
past
- n the time that has elapsed
forget the past - n a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
reporters dug into the candidate's past - n a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
- a earlier than the present time; no longer current
time past
his youth is past
this past Thursday
the past year - s of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
- r so as to pass a given point
every hour a train goes past
- EVERY epoch recreates its own concept of the past.
- PTI's list of the most notorious crimes of the past century, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
- Who will be PTI's Person of the Year in 2006? Send us your thoughts and view past Persons of the Year.