past
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Sense: Adjective: having occurred previously
Synonyms:
former Collocations, preceding, gone by, foregoing Collocations, anterior, antecedent, prior Collocations, previous Collocations, earlier, elapsed, last Collocations, recent Collocations, precedent
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subsequent Collocations, following Collocations, next Collocations, after Collocations, afterward, coming Collocations, forthcoming Collocations, approaching, future Collocations, present Collocations, current Collocations
Sense: Adjective: no longer serving
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ex- , retired, early Collocations, preceding, former Collocations, erstwhile, bygone, one-time, historical Collocations
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incoming Collocations, future Collocations, newly elected, new Collocations, current Collocations, serving Collocations, actual Collocations, modern Collocations, present-day, state-of-the-art, cutting-edge
Sense: Adjective: no longer existing
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done Collocations, finished Collocations, gone Collocations, behind sb now, over Collocations, forgotten, extinct Collocations, over and done with , dead and buried, dead and gone, dead Collocations, in the past, long gone
Sense: Adverb: passing by
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by, on Collocations, along Collocations, through Collocations, over Collocations, before sb, in front of sb, before sb's very eyes, in front of sb's eyes
Sense: Preposition: beyond
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beyond Collocations, farther than, further than, after Collocations, just after, just past, a little way down from, through Collocations, over Collocations, behind Collocations, on the other side of
Sense: Preposition: later than
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after Collocations, later than, following Collocations, just after, immediately after, farther along than, further along than
Sense: Noun: past time - often preceded by 'the'
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good old times , good old days, days gone by, olden days, the old days, ancient times, former times, yesteryear, antiquity, long ago, old times, past times, years ago, yesterday Collocations, once upon a time, days of old , days of yore , yore , sb's day
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tomorrow Collocations, next week, next century, in a hundred years, present Collocations, present day, now Collocations, hereafter Collocations, from now on, what's in store, the coming months, future Collocations
Sense: Noun: past events
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future life, reincarnation, forthcoming events, destiny Collocations, outlook Collocations, afterlife, deadline Collocations, present Collocations, future Collocations, things to come
Sense: Noun: concealed experiences
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history Collocations, secret affair, love affair, hidden past, what's dead and buried, secrets, family secrets, checkered past, chequered past , personal experience
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