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nounThe past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened .In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost.He should learn from the mistakes of the past. We have been here before.We would like to put the past behind us.Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you....revelations about his past....Germany's recent past.adjectivePast events and things happened or existed before the present time.I knew from past experience that alternative therapies could help....a return to the turbulence of past centuries.The list of past champions includes many British internationals.A South Korean newspaper said today the event will be smaller than in years past.You use past to talk about a period of time that has just finished. For example, if you talk about the past five years, you mean the period of five years that has just finished.Most shops have remained closed for the past three days....the momentous events of the past few days.If a situation is past, it has ended and no longer exists.Many economists believe the worst of the economic downturn is past....images from years long past.The time for loyalty is past.In grammar, the past tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened at some time before the present. The simple past tense uses the past form of a verb, which for regular verbs ends in '-ed', as in 'They walked back to the car'.prepositionYou use past when you are stating a time which is thirty minutes or less after a particular hour . For example, if it is twenty past six, it is twenty minutes after six o'clock.It's ten past eleven.I arrived at half past ten.I have my lunch at half past.If it is past a particular time, it is later than that time.It was past midnight.It's past your bedtime.If you go past someone or something, you go near them and keep moving, so that they are then behind you.I dashed past him and out of the door.A steady procession of people filed past the coffin.He was never able to get past the border guards.An ambulance drove past.If you look or point past a person or thing, you look or point at something behind them.She stared past Christine at the bed.If something is past a place, it is on the other side of it.Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow.Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights.If someone or something is past a particular point or stage, they are no longer at that point or stage.He was well past retirement age....a piece of cheese four weeks past its sell-by date.The situation is long past the stage when anyone's advice would help.If you are past doing something, you are no longer able to do it. For example, if you are past caring, you do not care about something any more because so many bad things have happened to you.She was past caring about anything by then and just wanted the pain to end.Often by the time they do accept the truth they are past being able to put words to feelings. A1

word	past
definition	noun The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened . In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost. He should learn from the mistakes of the past. We have been here before. We would like to put the past behind us. Your past consists of all the things that you have done or that have happened to you. ...revelations about his past. ...Germany's recent past. adjective Past events and things happened or existed before the present time. I knew from past experience that alternative therapies could help. ...a return to the turbulence of past centuries. The list of past champions includes many British internationals. A South Korean newspaper said today the event will be smaller than in years past. You use past to talk about a period of time that has just finished. For example, if you talk about the past five years, you mean the period of five years that has just finished. Most shops have remained closed for the past three days. ...the momentous events of the past few days. If a situation is past, it has ended and no longer exists. Many economists believe the worst of the economic downturn is past. ...images from years long past. The time for loyalty is past. In grammar, the past tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened at some time before the present. The simple past tense uses the past form of a verb, which for regular verbs ends in '-ed', as in 'They walked back to the car'. preposition You use past when you are stating a time which is thirty minutes or less after a particular hour . For example, if it is twenty past six, it is twenty minutes after six o'clock. It's ten past eleven. I arrived at half past ten. I have my lunch at half past. If it is past a particular time, it is later than that time. It was past midnight. It's past your bedtime. If you go past someone or something, you go near them and keep moving, so that they are then behind you. I dashed past him and out of the door. A steady procession of people filed past the coffin. He was never able to get past the border guards. An ambulance drove past. If you look or point past a person or thing, you look or point at something behind them. She stared past Christine at the bed. If something is past a place, it is on the other side of it. Go north on I-15 to the exit just past Barstow. Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights. If someone or something is past a particular point or stage, they are no longer at that point or stage. He was well past retirement age. ...a piece of cheese four weeks past its sell-by date. The situation is long past the stage when anyone's advice would help. If you are past doing something, you are no longer able to do it. For example, if you are past caring, you do not care about something any more because so many bad things have happened to you. She was past caring about anything by then and just wanted the pain to end. Often by the time they do accept the truth they are past being able to put words to feelings.
inflections	pasts
cefr-level	A1

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