past

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: päst, IPA(key): /pɑːst/ (Northern England, Scotland, Canada) IPA(key): /past/ (US) enPR: păst, IPA(key): /pæst/ Homophone: passed Rhymes: -æst, -ɑːst === Noun === past (plural pasts) The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. 1830, Daniel Webster, a speech The past, at least, is secure. (grammar) The past tense. ==== Synonyms ==== (period of time that has already happened): foretime, yestertide; see also Thesaurus:the past ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== preterite === Adjective === past (comparative more past, superlative most past) Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.] (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. [from 15th c.] Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous. [from 15th c.] (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (having already happened): bygone, foregone; see also Thesaurus:past (having just gone by): foregone, preceding, used-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === past (comparative more past, superlative most past) In a direction that passes. Synonym: by ==== Translations ==== === Preposition === past Beyond in place or quantity. the room past mine count past twenty (time) Any number of minutes after the last hour. Antonym: to No longer capable of. Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.). Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed. ==== Derived terms ==== see past see past the end of one's nose whistle past ==== Translations ==== === Verb === past (obsolete) simple past and past participle of pass === Related terms === === Anagrams === ATSP, PTSA, TAPs, ap'ts, PATs, Apts, TAPS, PSAT, taps, spat, APTs, apts., ATPs, TPAs, ptas., Pats, stap, PTAs, pats, APTS, apts, Taps == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pastь, akin to Polish zapadnia, Russian западня́ (zapadnjá). Compare typologically German Falle (< fallen). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpast] Rhymes: -ast === Noun === past f trap (a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals) past na myši ― mousetrap ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== léčka záloha nástraha úskalí === Further reading === “past”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “past”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “past”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 === Anagrams === spát psát == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑst IPA(key): /pɑst/ === Verb === past inflection of passen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative === Anagrams === spat, stap, taps == Livonian == === Etymology === Borrowed either from Old East Slavic постъ (postŭ) or Old Swedish fasta. Compare Estonian paast. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɑst/, [ˈpɑsˑt] === Noun === past fast, fasting (abstaining from food) ==== Declension ==== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “past”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French past, from Latin pastus (“pasture”). === Noun === past m (plural pasts) food, meal == Old French == === Alternative forms === paist, pest, pas === Etymology === From Latin pastus (“pasture”), probably influenced by paste (“dough, pastry”). === Noun === past oblique singular, m (nominative singular past) food, meal ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: past Bourguignon: pât == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpast/ Rhymes: -ast Syllabification: past === Noun === past f genitive plural of pasta == Slovene == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pastь. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /páːst/ === Noun === pȃst f trap ==== Declension ==== === Verb === pȃst supine of pásti === Further reading === “past”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Welsh == === Alternative forms === pâst === Etymology === Borrowed from English paste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pasd/, [pʰast] === Noun === past m (usually uncountable, plural pastau) paste ==== Derived terms ==== past dannedd (“toothpaste”) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “past”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “past”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies