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Synonyms for past
pæst, pɑstpast
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past, past times, yesteryearnoun
the time that has elapsed
"forget the past"
Synonyms:
past times, yesteryear, past tenseAntonyms:
hereafter, futurity, time to come, future, instant, prox, rising, inst, immediate, early, in store(p), existing, incoming, coming(a), emerging, present(a), future day, proximo, forthcoming, latter-day, upcoming, approachingpastnoun
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
"reporters dug into the candidate's past"
Synonyms:
past times, yesteryear, past tenseAntonyms:
time to come, futurity, hereafter, future, existing, early, prox, present(a), future day, proximo, approaching, coming(a), emerging, latter-day, inst, in store(p), upcoming, rising, incoming, instant, forthcoming, immediatepast, past tenseadjective
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
Synonyms:
past times, yesteryear, past tenseAntonyms:
futurity, hereafter, future, time to come, present(a), incoming, future day, existing, forthcoming, inst, rising, approaching, early, prox, coming(a), latter-day, in store(p), instant, proximo, upcoming, immediate, emergingpastadjective
earlier than the present time; no longer current
"time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
Synonyms:
past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)Antonyms:
hereafter, futurity, future, time to come, forthcoming, emerging, early, prox, coming(a), latter-day, immediate, existing, inst, proximo, rising, approaching, in store(p), incoming, future day, present(a), instant, upcomingpast(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)adverb
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
"a retiring member of the board"
Antonyms:
futurity, hereafter, future, time to come, instant, emerging, incoming, upcoming, in store(p), early, inst, latter-day, immediate, rising, present(a), approaching, coming(a), existing, prox, forthcoming, proximo, future dayby, pastadverb
so as to pass a given point
"every hour a train goes past"
Antonyms:
futurity, time to come, hereafter, future, early, upcoming, approaching, existing, forthcoming, proximo, future day, latter-day, incoming, prox, in store(p), inst, present(a), immediate, coming(a), emerging, rising, instant
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pastadjective
pastnoun
Associated words:
preterist, preterition, pretermission, preteritive, preterit, aorist, aoristic, retrospect, retrospective, retrospection, antiquary, antiquity, antiquarian, quondam, antecedent, antecedence, antecedents
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#699 | away | |
#758 | past | |
#820 | final | |
#1231 | late | |
#1289 | prior | |
#1753 | former | |
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#5484 | aside | |
#8499 | preceding | |
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#18589 | departed | |
#38267 | passe | |
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How to use past in a sentence?
This area has been hit by floods four times in my life, but I remember three of them. But this time, the heavy rains worsened the situation. The water level was not so high in the past.
Investors are seen unwinding their buy-yen, sell-stocks positions which were persistent in the past few days.
We're not going to involve ourselves in the (U.S. presidential) debate. We don't want to polarize, but we do want to have a positive institutional relationship as we've had in the past, the U.S.-Mexico relationship requires more bridges and fewer walls. The isolationist solution is not a solution at all.
Some sellers really made out over the past two years, some buyers did, too. It was a win-win then, with rising prices and really low mortgage rates. Now it is different.
This has necessitated that we step up our efforts, which are among others, the improvement of our strategies, this approach has delivered a number of satisfying results over the past year, particularly with regards to the number of arrests made.
Translations for past
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- الماضي, ماضٍArabic
- мінулаеBelarusian
- миналоBulgarian
- minulý, minulostCzech
- Vergangenheit, Präteritum, vergangen, vorbeiGerman
- παρελθών, τα περασμένα, πρότερος, παρελθόν, πρωτύτερος, περασμένος, πρώην, αόριστος, τέως, επέκεινα, πέρα, παρελθοντικόςGreek
- preter, estintecoEsperanto
- pretérito, pasadoSpanish
- گذشتهPersian
- mennyt, ohi, menneisyys, yli, viime, imperfekti, jälkeenFinnish
- dernière, passé, passée, dernier, aprèsFrench
- tar éis, i ndiaidh, caiteIrish
- seach, an dèidh, seachadScottish Gaelic
- עברHebrew
- अतीतHindi
- múlt, múlt időHungarian
- passatoInterlingua
- passatoItalian
- 過去形, 過去, 過去時制Japanese
- 과거형, 지나간, 이전의, 과거, 過去, 과거의Korean
- ອາດີດLao
- pagātne, pagājisLatvian
- muaMāori
- минатоMacedonian
- passat, passataMaltese
- ရှေးBurmese
- verleden tijd, voorbije, verleden, voorbij, verder, vervlogene, afgelopenDutch
- preteritum, forbi, bortenfor, fortidNorwegian
- przeszłość, czas przeszłyPolish
- passado, pretéritoPortuguese
- trecut, trecutăRomanian
- былое, мимо, прошлый, прошедшее время, прошлоеRussian
- próšlo, prošlo vreme, прошлост, prošla, prošlost, prošliSerbo-Croatian
- minulosťSlovak
- preteklik, preteklostSlovene
- förflutnaSwedish
- గత, పూర్వం, భూతకాలము, గతించిన, గతకాలం, జరిగిన, వెనుక, పూర్వపు, గతం, పోయింది, జరిగిందిTelugu
- อดีตThai
- geçtiğimiz, geçmiş zaman, geçen, geçmiş, öncekiTurkish
- минулеUkrainian
- quá khứ, 過去Vietnamese
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