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a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" a earlier period in someone''s life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate''s past" earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" ancient, bygone, chivalric, early(a), erstwhile(a), former(a), historic, last(a), late(a), old, olden, prehistoric, then(a), ultimo, ago, other(a) a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time; "past participle" so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" |
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