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past
adjective
adverb
noun
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
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pɑːst
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adjective
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
“a retiring member of the board”
adjective
earlier than the present time; no longer current
“time past”
adverb
so as to pass a given point
“every hour a train goes past”
noun
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
noun
the time that has elapsed
“forget the past”
noun
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
“reporters dug into the candidate's past”
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a retiring member of the board
time past
his youth is past
this past Thursday
the past year
every hour a train goes past
forget the past
reporters dug into the candidate's past
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