adjective

 

before now having happened or existed before now

past relationships

 

until now used to refer to a period of time before and until the present

I've spent the past ten years in and out of jobs.

 

finished Something that is past has now finished.

My student days are past.

 

prep,adv

 

further further than

I live on Station Road, just past the Post Office.

 

up to and further up to and further than someone or something

Three boys went past us on mountain bikes.

 

after hour used to say 'after' the hour when you are saying what time it is

It's five past three.

 

after limit after a particular time or age limit

This bacon is past its sell-by date.

 

noun

 

time the time before the present and all the things that happened then

the distant/recent past

 

form of verb the form of the verb which is used to show what happened in the past