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the past

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Definition of the past

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."

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past play

  1. : ago

  2. : just gone or elapsed

  3. : having existed or taken place in a period before the present : bygone

  1. : beyond the age for or of

  2. : after

  3. : at the farther side of : beyond

  1. : time gone by

  2. : something that happened or was done in the past

  3. : the past tense of a language

  1. : so as to reach and go beyond a point near at hand

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