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								earlier than the present time; no longer current time past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
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								an earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
 reporters dug into the candidate's past
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								a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
 
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