so as to pass a given point; " every hour a train goes past"

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

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

earlier than the present time; no longer current; " time past"; " his youth is past"; " this past Thursday"; " the past year"

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

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

Above; exceeding; more than.

By; beyond; as, he ran past.

Having formerly been; gone by; last; completed; in grammar, referring to time gone by; as, the pasttense.

The time gone by; previous life or history.

By; beyond; as, he just walked past.

Beyond in time; after; as, it is past his time; he is past cure.

Pa. p. of PASS.

Gone by: elapsed: ended: in time already passed.

Farther than: out of reach of: no longer capable of.

By.

Gone by; ended.

Time gone by.

Past time.

Belonging to time gone by.

One's antecedents.

So as to go by and beyond.

Beyond; after; out of reach of.

Not present; gone by; spent; ended; accomplished.

Having lost; beyond; beyond in time.

Gone by or beyond; not present nor future; ended; accomplished.

Beyond; out of reach of.

By, as the wind swept past; the past, time gone by.

But the days of Richelieus and Mazarins are past. – The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath

I'm only sorry for thee, I can't forget the past. – The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn

It has been for some time past. – Fire-Tongue by Sax Rohmer

Saw her go past in the hall. – The Million-Dollar Suitcase by Alice MacGowan Perry Newberry

At ten o'clock, and not before, he would walk past her house. – The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy

Daphne and he had been getting on anything but well for some time past. – Marriage à la mode by Mrs. Humphry Ward

We want the living present, and not the dead past. – Dawn by Mrs. Harriet A. Adams

There was no way of getting past. – William Tell Told Again by P. G. Wodehouse

" I've been trying to get hold of Mantelish for the past hour. – Legacy by James H Schmitz

It was a little past five o'clock. – Over Prairie Trails by Frederick Philip Grove

I heard it go past last night. – The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath

" It's almost half- past now. – Left Guard Gilbert by Ralph Henry Barbour

" About half- past nine o'clock, sir; but really- to- morrow night! – Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren

What is past is dead. – Arabian Wisdom by John Wortabet

" What should I say about his past, Monsieur? – The Right of Way, Volume 3. by Gilbert Parker

She moved past him to the door. – Fortitude by Hugh Walpole

What did it matter, after all, what there was in her past? – The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt

He reached past her to open the door. – The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung

Some one he knew in his- in his past. – Hedda Gabler Play In Four Acts by Henrik Ibsen

Brother, is your last hope past to mollifie Morecrafts heart about your Morgage? – The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher