1. past

noun. ['ˈpæst'] the time that has elapsed.

Words that Rhyme with Past

• lymphoblast
• unsurpassed
• contrast
• precast
• miscast
• lambaste
• surpassed
• recast
• outlast
• harassed
• grassed
• glassed
• classed
• blast
• amassed
• aghast
• vast
• rast
• passed
• nast
• mast
• massed
• last
• kast
• hast
• gast
• gassed
• fast
• caste
• cast

Example sentences of the word past

1. Preposition or subordinating conjunction
A wireless driveway alarm is designed to sound off when a car rolls past a sensor on the driveway.

2. Adjective
Look at your workers' attendance reports for the past six months.

Quotes containing the word past

1. Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.
- Charles Lindbergh

2. To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
- Lord Acton

3. Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.
- Lewis B. Smedes

2. past

adjective. ['ˈpæst'] earlier than the present time; no longer current.

3. past

adverb. ['ˈpæst'] so as to pass a given point.

4. past

noun. ['ˈpæst'] a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).

5. past

adjective. ['ˈpæst'] of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.

6. past

noun. ['ˈpæst'] a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.