Past
preposition
To the other side or beyond a certain point.
He walked past the post office
Often appears as...
- walked past
- drove past
adjective
Happened or existed before now.
In the past few years, the city has changed a lot
Often appears as...
- past decades
- past years
noun
The time before the moment of speaking or writing.
She has a troubled past
Often appears as...
- troubled past
- distant past
adverb
So as to pass from one side of something to the other.
The car went past
Often appears as...
- went past
- run past
preposition
To the other side or beyond a certain point.
He walked past the post office
Often appears as...
- walked past
- drove past
adjective
Happened or existed before now.
In the past few years, the city has changed a lot
Often appears as...
- past decades
- past years
noun
The time before the moment of speaking or writing.
She has a troubled past
Often appears as...
- troubled past
- distant past
adverb
So as to pass from one side of something to the other.
The car went past
Often appears as...
- went past
- run past
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Location Movement
Indicates moving beside and beyond something, not just reaching it.
He jogged past the fountain without stopping.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Inside
'Past' suggests externally nearby, not within or inside.
She walked past the door but didn't enter.
Pro Tip 3/3Ignoring Something
Can imply ignoring or missing something while moving.
He walked past the sale signs, uninterested.
Pro Tip 1/3Location Movement
Indicates moving beside and beyond something, not just reaching it.
He jogged past the fountain without stopping.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Inside
'Past' suggests externally nearby, not within or inside.
She walked past the door but didn't enter.
Pro Tip 3/3Ignoring Something
Can imply ignoring or missing something while moving.
He walked past the sale signs, uninterested.
Pro Tip 1/3Location Movement
Indicates moving beside and beyond something, not just reaching it.
He jogged past the fountain without stopping.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Inside
'Past' suggests externally nearby, not within or inside.
She walked past the door but didn't enter.
Pro Tip 3/3Ignoring Something
Can imply ignoring or missing something while moving.
He walked past the sale signs, uninterested.
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according to our place in society without worrying how things turn out. When we die, we are reincarnated into a new body. If we followed our dharma and did our proper duty in our past life, we get good karma, which sends our soul upward in the social scale. Our rebirth into the next life
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The philosophy of...
After his release and eventual victory, Mandela stressed peace and reconciliation, believing that while the injustices of the past couldn't be changed, his people could confront them in the present and seek to build a better, more just future.
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Can you solve the frog...
And in many of our own life decisions, we use information gained from past experience and our surroundings to narrow down our choices to the best options so that maybe next time, we can avoid eating that poisonous mushroom in the first place.
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break the stereotypes remove the labels think past and look past my journey has been emotional intellectual and deeply spiritual I've traveled thousands of miles interacted with and learned from
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Stingray Ambushes Army...
for the past year they've been feeding in deeper waters now they march across the seagrass
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.
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Willie Nelson
American Musician
Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.
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