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

1. verb. Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
2. noun. A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
3. preposition. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
4. preposition. Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
5. preposition. Above; exceeding; more than.
6. adverb. By; beyond; as, he ran past.
7. noun. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
8. noun. the time that has elapsed

   "forget the past"

   Synonyms: yesteryear

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

   "reporters dug into the candidate's past"

10. adjective. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

    "a retiring member of the board"

    Synonyms: preceding, retiring

11. adjective. earlier than the present time; no longer current

    "time past"

    "his youth is past"

12. adverb. so as to pass a given point

    "every hour a train goes past"

    Synonyms: by

Synonyms

yesteryear, preceding, retiring, by

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in past:

apts, pats, spat, stap, taps

Common word forms

pasts, pasted, paster, pastes, pasting, pastless, pastness

Words from these letters

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