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past
'past' - used as an adjective
1. earlier than the present time; no longer current
time past
his youth is past
this past Thursday
the past year
2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
3. a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time
past participle

'past' - used as a adverb
4. so as to pass a given point
every hour a train goes past

'past' - used as a noun
5. the time that has elapsed
forget the past
6. an earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
reporters dug into the candidate's past
7. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
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