Meaning of past | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
2. Spent.
3. former
4. So as to pass by or go beyond: He waved as he walked past.
5. The past tense.
6. last
7. the condition of being first in a place and of having a relatively simple nature. — aboriginal, n., adj.
8. past, bygones
9. adherence to or fondness for ancient things or customs. — antediluvian, n., adj.
10. interest in the culture of antiquity, especially that of classical Greece and Rome. — antiquary, antiquarian, n. — antiquarian, adj.
11. devotion to archaism. — archaeolater, n. — archaeolatrous, adj.
12. an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, etc. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. — archaic, adj.
13. a person who records time or the events that have occurred in time.
14. Obsolete, the recording or study of past events.
    Obsolete,
15. strong fondness or admiration for the culture, mores, etc, of the Middle Ages. — medievalist, n. — medievalistic, adj.
16. the study of antiquities. — paleologist, palaeologist, n. — paleologic, palaeologic, paleological, palaeological, adj.

Equivalents

Examples

“a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past”

“1830, Daniel Webster, a speech The past, at least, is secure.”

“The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed.”

“Every time the little gate creaks--I'm in the shed with the tanks at the end of the garden--I wonder from which of my pasts the person is arriving, seeking me out even here: maybe it is only the past of yesterday and of this same suburb, the squat Arab garbage collector who in October begins his rounds for tips, house by house, with a Happy New Year card, because he says that his colleagues keep all the December tips for themselves and he never gets a penny; but it could also be the more distant pasts pursuing old Ruedi, finding the little gate in the Impasse: smugglers from Valais, mercenaries from Katanga, croupiers from the Veradero casino and the days of Fulgencio Batista.”

“The Mesozoic landscape of southeastern Utah can tell us much about the past, and it's one of the most intriguing and beautiful landscapes on Earth.”

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