Dictionary Entry
past
past is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as verb, noun, preposition, adverb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
- 2noun
A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
- 3preposition
Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
- 4preposition
Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
- 5preposition
Above; exceeding; more than.
- 6adverb
By; beyond; as, he ran past.
- 7noun
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
- 8noun
the time that has elapsed
"forget the past"
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- 9noun
a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
"reporters dug into the candidate's past"
- 10adjective
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
"a retiring member of the board"
- 11adjective
earlier than the present time; no longer current
"time past"
"his youth is past"
- 12adverb
so as to pass a given point
"every hour a train goes past"
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