PAST
/pΙΛst/
6
Scrabble
7
WWF
P(3) A(1) S(1) T(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/pΙΛst/
verb
- To change place.
- To change in state or status
- To move through time.
noun
- The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.“a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past”
- (grammar) The past tense.
adjective
- Having already happened; in the past; finished.“past glories”
- (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
- Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.“during the past year”
adverb
- In a direction that passes.“I watched him walk past”
- Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.“Ignore them, we'll play past them.”
preposition
- Beyond in place, quantity or time.“count past twenty”
- No longer capable of.“I'm past caring what he thinks of me.”
- Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
Source: Wiktionary
