PAST
preposition
Definitions
- 1. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of. "Who being past feeling." Eph. iv. 19. "Galled past endurance." Macaulay. Until we be past thy borders. Num. xxi. 22. Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. L'Estrange.
- 2. Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour. Is it not past two o'clock Shak.
- 3. Above; exceeding; more than. [R.] Not past three quarters of a mile. Shak. Bows not past three quarters of a yard long. Spenser.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
PAST
(adjective)
Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences. "Past ages."...
PAST
(adverb)
By; beyond; as, he ran past. The alarum of drums swept past. Longfellow.
PAST
(noun)
A former time or state; a state of things gone by. "The past, at least, is secure." D. Webster. The present is only intelligible in the light of the p...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
