3 past
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural pastsMeaning:
1 [noncount] : an earlier time : the time before the present ▪ Past, present, and future are all linked together. —usually used with the ▪ happy memories of the past ▪ In the past, there was a company luncheon every month. ▪ Try not to worry about it anymore. It's in the past. ▪ She wants to forget about the past. = She wants to put the past behind her. ▪ The disease is mostly a thing of the past. [=something that no longer exists] ▪ She had some financial problems, but that is all in the past. [=she has no financial problems now] —see also live in the past at 1live
2 [count] : the events of a person's life, of a place, etc., before the present time —usually singular ▪ Do you know anything about her past? ▪ His past caught up with him when a former coworker recognized him. ▪ He has an interesting past. ▪ The city's past is full of interesting events. ▪ We learned about the building's past as a textile factory.
3 the past grammar : past tense ▪ The past of “walk” is “walked.”
2 [count] : the events of a person's life, of a place, etc., before the present time —usually singular ▪ Do you know anything about her past? ▪ His past caught up with him when a former coworker recognized him. ▪ He has an interesting past. ▪ The city's past is full of interesting events. ▪ We learned about the building's past as a textile factory.
3 the past grammar : past tense ▪ The past of “walk” is “walked.”
blast from the past —see 1blast