the past

noun

1

: an earlier time : the time before the present

happy memories of the past

In the past, there was a company luncheon every month.

2

grammar : a verb tense that is used to refer to the past : the past tense

The past of "walk" is "walked."

Examples of the past in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The questions about the papers were so significant that SSRN, the platform Polson used to share the research papers, took down the articles over the past month and froze the accounts used to post the works. — Todd Wallack The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

Our family has carried this pain every single day for the past decade. — Cbs Minnesota, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

In the past, daytime and late-night shows weren’t considered subject to the rule, but Carr has said differently. — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Coach Mikey Varas has spent the past week asking his players to confront their failure to reach the MLS Cup playoffs rather than simply count down the days until the offseason. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the past

• aghast
• amassed
• biassed
• broadcast
• bypassed
• downcast
• forecast
• foremast
• harassed
• holdfast
• mainmast
• newscast