past
adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time
past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the
past year" [ant: {present(a)}, {future}]
2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or
office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: {past(a)},
{preceding(a)}, {retiring(a)}]
3: (grammar) a verb tense or other construction referring to
events or states that existed at some previous time; "past
participle"
n 1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: {past
times}, {yesteryear}, {yore}] [ant: {future}]
2: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they
have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the
candidate's past"
3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
[syn: {past tense}]
adv : so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past"
[syn: {by}]