past

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

the time that has elapsed

forget the past

earlier than the present time; no longer current

time past

so as to pass a given point

every hour a train goes past

a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

reporters dug into the candidate's past

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	antonym	Related & opposite	future
1	hypernym	Types & categories	time
1	hyponym	Types & categories	yore
1	hyponym	Types & categories	bygone
1	hyponym	Types & categories	old
1	hyponym	Types & categories	history
1	hyponym	Types & categories	time immemorial
1	hyponym	Types & categories	auld langsyne
1	hyponym	Types & categories	yesterday
2	also see	Related & opposite	noncurrent
2	also see	Related & opposite	outgoing
2	also see	Related & opposite	old
2	antonym	Related & opposite	presenta
2	antonym	Related & opposite	future
2	attribute	Related & opposite	timing
2	derivation	Related & opposite	pastness
2	similar to	Related & opposite	ago
2	similar to	Related & opposite	ancient
2	similar to	Related & opposite	departed
2	similar to	Related & opposite	knightly
2	similar to	Related & opposite	formera
2	similar to	Related & opposite	formera
2	similar to	Related & opposite	latea
2	similar to	Related & opposite	historic
2	similar to	Related & opposite	lasta
2	similar to	Related & opposite	latea
2	similar to	Related & opposite	olden
2	similar to	Related & opposite	othera
2	similar to	Related & opposite	prehistoric
2	similar to	Related & opposite	thena
2	similar to	Related & opposite	ultimo
4	part holonym	Parts & wholes	life
4	hypernym	Types & categories	period
5	hypernym	Types & categories	tense
5	hyponym	Types & categories	preterit