paster
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adjective
1.
gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
2.
of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas.
3.
gone by just before the present time; just passed: during the past year.
4.
ago: six days past.
5.
having formerly been or served as; previous; earlier: three past presidents of the club.
6.
Grammar. designating a tense, or other verb formation or construction, that refers to events or states in time gone by.
noun
7.
the time gone by: He could remember events far back in the past.
8.
the history of a person, nation, etc.: our country's glorious past.
9.
what has existed or has happened at some earlier time: Try to forget the past, now that your troubles are over.
10.
the events, phenomena, conditions, etc., that characterized an earlier historical period: That hat is something out of the past.
11.
an earlier period of a person's life, career, etc., that is thought to be of a shameful or embarrassing nature: When he left prison, he put his past behind him.
adverb
13.
so as to pass by or beyond; by: The troops marched past.
preposition
14.
beyond in time; later than; after: past noon; half past six.
15.
beyond in space or position; farther on than: the house just past the church.
16.
in a direction so as to pass by or go beyond: We went past the house by mistake.
17.
beyond in amount, number, etc.: past the maximum age for enlisting in the army.
18.
beyond the reach, scope, influence, or power of: He is past hope of recovery.
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World English Dictionary
past (pɑːst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | completed, finished, and no longer in existence: past happiness |
| 2. | denoting or belonging to all or a segment of the time that has elapsed at the present moment: the past history of the world |
| 3. | denoting a specific unit of time that immediately precedes the present one: the past month |
| 4. | (prenominal) denoting a person who has held and relinquished an office or position; former: a past president |
| 5. | grammar aorist imperfect Compare perfect denoting any of various tenses of verbs that are used in describing actions, events, or states that have been begun or completed at the time of utterance |
| —n | |
| 6. | the past the period of time or a segment of it that has elapsed: forget the past |
| 7. | the history, experience, or background of a nation, person, etc: a soldier with a distinguished past |
| 8. | an earlier period of someone's life, esp one that contains events kept secret or regarded as disreputable |
| 9. | grammar |
| a. a past tense | |
| b. a verb in a past tense | |
| —adv | |
| 10. | at a specified or unspecified time before the present; ago: three years past |
| 11. | on or onwards: I greeted him but he just walked past |
| —prep | |
| 12. | beyond in time: it's past midnight |
| 13. | beyond in place or position: the library is past the church |
| 14. | moving beyond; in a direction that passes: he walked past me |
| 15. | beyond or above the reach, limit, or scope of: his foolishness is past comprehension |
| 16. | beyond or above in number or amount: to count past ten |
| 17. | informal past it unable to perform the tasks one could do when one was younger |
| 18. | not put it past someone to consider someone capable of (the action specified) |
| usage The past participle of pass is sometimes wrongly spelt past: the time for recriminations has passed (not past) | |
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Word Origin & History
past
c.1300, "done with, over," from pp. of passen "go by" (see pass (v.)). The noun meaning "times gone by" is first attested 1590, from the adj.
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Example sentences
Paster adds that a cross-country train trip would generate about half the greenhouse gas emissions of driving a car.
The prudence and zeal of our holy paster were not less remarkable in bringing sinners after baptism to sincere penance.
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