ENGLISH: past - CREOLE: lepase



Overview of noun past



The noun past has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (44) past, past times, yesteryear, yore -- (the time that has elapsed; "forget the past")

2. (5) past -- (a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past")

3. (1) past, past tense -- (a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past)



Overview of adj past



The adj past has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (29) past -- (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year")

2. (4) past, preceding, retiring -- (of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board")

3. past -- (a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle")



Overview of adv past



The adv past has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (15) by, past -- (so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past")

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