1to or on the further side of:he rode on past the crossroads
in front of or from one side to the other of:he began to drive slowly past the houses
2beyond in time; later than:by this time it was past 3.30my watch said twenty past twelve
3no longer capable of:he is past giving the best advice
beyond the limits or scope of:I was long past caring and immediately fell asleep on the bed
ზედსართავი
Universal
gone by in time and no longer existing:the danger is now past
[attributive] belonging to a former time:they made a study of the reasons why past attempts had failedhe is a past chairman of the society
[attributive] (of a specified period of time) occurring before and leading up to the time of speaking or writing:the band has changed over the past twelve months
[attributive] Grammar (of a tense) expressing an action that has happened or a state that previously existed.
ზმნისართი
Universal
1so as to pass from one side of something to the other:a flotilla of glossy limousines swept past
2used to indicate the lapse of time:a week went past and nothing changed
არსებითი სახელი
Universal
1 (usually the past) the time before the moment of speaking or writing:she found it hard to make ends meet in the pastthe war-damaged church is preserved as a reminder of the past
the history of a person or place:the monuments act as guidelines through the country’s colourful past
informal a part of a person’s history that is considered to be shameful:the heroine was a lady with a past
2 Grammar a past tense or form of a verb:a simple past of the first conjugation
not put it past someone
believe someone to be capable of doing a particular wrong or rash thing:I wouldn’t put it past him to slip something into the drinks
past it
British informal too old to be of any use or any good at anything:he was taken into his father-in-law’s firm and became a partner when the old man got past it
