past
adjective
[ pɑːst ]
• gone by in time and no longer existing.
• "the danger is now past"
Similar:
gone by,
over,
over and done with,
no more,
gone,
done,
dead and buried,
finished,
ended,
forgotten,
bygone,
former,
old,
of old,
earlier,
long-ago,
ancient,
defunct,
extinct,
of yore,
olden,
foregone,
past
noun
• the time before the moment of speaking or writing.
• "she found it hard to make ends meet in the past"
Similar:
formerly,
previously,
in days/years/times gone by,
in bygone days,
back in the day,
in former times,
in the (good) old days,
at one time,
in days of old,
in the olden days,
in olden times,
before,
hitherto,
once,
once upon a time,
time was when,
in auld lang syne,
long ago,
in antiquity,
in days of yore,
of yore,
in yesteryear,
• a past tense or form of a verb.
• "a simple past of the first conjugation"
past
preposition
• to or on the further side of.
• "he rode on past the crossroads"
• beyond in time; later than.
• "by this time it was past 3.30"
Similar:
beyond,
beyond the limits of,
in excess of,
• no longer capable of.
• "he is past giving the best advice"
past
adverb
• so as to pass from one side of something to the other.
• "a flotilla of glossy limousines swept past"
• used to indicate the lapse of time.
• "a week went past and nothing changed"
Origin:
Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass1.
past it
• too old to be of any use or any good at anything.
• "he was taken into his father-in-law's firm and became a partner when the old man got past it"
Similar:
past one's prime,
not as young as one was,
not as young as one used to be,
in one's dotage,
long in the tooth,
as old as the hills,
elderly,
old,
aged,
senior,
ancient,
venerable,
decrepit,
doddering,
doddery,
not long for this world,
over the hill,
no spring chicken,
senescent,
