past

Meanings

Noun

• The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
• The past tense.

Adjective

• Having already happened; in the past; finished.
• Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
• Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
• Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.

Adverb

• In a direction that passes.

Verb

• Past of pass

Origin

• From Middle English, past participle of passen, whence Modern English pass.