Another word for past
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Adjective
Just gone by or elapsed
- Preceding in time or order:
- Preceding in importance or value:
- Existing or occurring before something else in time or order; prior:
- Acting, occurring, or done too soon; premature or hasty:
- Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.
- An act or instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances.
- A judicial decision that is binding on other equal or lower courts in the same jurisdiction as to its conclusion on a point of law, and may also be persuasive to courts in other jurisdictions, in subsequent cases involving sufficiently similar facts.
- Convention or custom arising from long practice:
- One that forms; a maker or creator:
- A member of a school form:
- Said, written, or encountered just before; previous:
- comparative form of early: more early
- occurring previously
- comparative form of early: more early
- Placed before or in front.
- Occurring before in time; earlier.
- Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
- Going before; preceding.
- One that precedes another.
- A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
See also:Having been such previously
- Having once been; former:
- At a past time; formerly.
- At an indefinite or unstated time:
- At an indefinite time in the future:
- Formerly.
- That once was; former:
- Existing or occurring before something else in time or order; prior:
- Acting, occurring, or done too soon; premature or hasty:
- One time only:
- At one time in the past; formerly.
- At any time; ever:
- Having lived or existed for a relatively long time; far advanced in years or life.
- Relatively advanced in age:
- Made long ago; in existence for many years:
- Coming, occurring, continuing, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed:
- Occurring at an advanced hour, especially well into the evening or night:
- Of or toward the end or more advanced part, as of a period or stage:
- One that forms; a maker or creator:
- A member of a school form:
- In the past; at a former time; formerly.
- Former:
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Noun
Past events surrounding a person or thing
- A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events:
- A formal written account of related natural phenomena:
- A record of a patient's general medical background:
- The ground or scenery located behind something.
- The part of a pictorial representation that appears to be in the distance and that provides relief for the principal objects in the foreground.
- The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns, or figures are represented or viewed.
See also:A former period of time or of one's life
- Time long past:
- The year before the present year.
- Time past; yore.
- The day before the present day.
- Time in the past, especially the recent past.
- On the day before the present day.
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Another word for past
Modifier
Having occurred previously
- Preceding in time or order:
- Preceding in importance or value:
- Going before; preceding.
- One that precedes another.
- A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
- Placed before or in front.
- Occurring before in time; earlier.
- Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
- simple past tense and past participle of elapse
- Said, written, or encountered just before; previous:
- past participle of go by
- Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.
- One that forms; a maker or creator:
- A member of a school form:
No longer serving
- comparative form of early: more early
- occurring previously
- comparative form of early: more early
- Withdrawn from one's occupation, business, or office; having finished one's active working life.
- Received by a person in retirement:
- Withdrawn; secluded.
- Not including; without:
- Free of any transport or handling charges incurred before removal from a given location:
- From, but not having graduated with, the class of:
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Noun
Past time
- The day before the present day.
- Time in the past, especially the recent past.
- On the day before the present day.
- (idiomatic) the past; bygone days (nostalgic)
- Time long past:
- The times gone past; the good old days.
- Of, related to, or occurring in the past:
- Ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages.
- The people, especially the writers and artisans, of ancient times:
- The quality of being old or ancient; considerable age:
Antonyms:Past events
- plural form of event
- plural form of happening
- The state or fact of knowing:
- Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
- The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned:
See also:Concealed experiences
- a red letter A worn by a person convicted of adultery
- A love affair, especially an illicit one.
- An intimate sexual relationship or episode between lovers.
- A strong enthusiasm:
Preposition
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- In, to, or toward the rear:
- In a place or condition that has been passed or left:
- In arrears; late:
- In one side and out the opposite or another side of:
- Among or between; in the midst of:
- By way of:
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