Phrase Hound found 177 phrases and 59 compound words that contain past. The most common are listed below. Open past in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 177
- past tenseA grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).
- simple pastA tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.
- living in the pastpresent participle and gerund of live in the past
- past lifeA previously lived life in a different body, according to theories of reincarnation.
- half pastThirty minutes past any hour.
- get pastTo continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.
- thing of the pastSomething that has gone extinct or become obsolete.
- go pastUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.
- past duelate; overdue.
- past-timeBelonging to a time from the past; old-fashioned; outdated.
- live in the pastTo dwell on and ruminate about past events.
- past perfectA tense which describes actions that occurred before another action or event in the past; the pluperfect or the past anterior tense.
- past paperAn examination paper from a previous year.
- Recent past
- Past performance
- march-pastA military parade past a high-ranking officer or head-of-state
- past masterOne who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise.
- Past events
- non-pastOf a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.
- put pastUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, past.
- past the point ofBeyond the specified level or limit.
- past livesplural of past life: A previously lived life in a different body, according to theories of reincarnation.
- Past history
- Distant Past
- past continuousA tense used to describe actions and states continued in the past.
Compound words 59
- flypastA low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
- pastwardInto the past; moving backwards in time.
- runpastA staged event, usually on a railfans' excursion, where a train runs past a group of photographers, who photograph the scene.
- nonpastAlternative form of non-past: Of a tense, not pertaining to the past; in particular, applicable to both the present and the future.
- pastismThe belief that only the past is important, or that it is the best model to be emulated.
- pastistA proponent of pastism.
- pastlessWithout a past.
- pastwardsInto the past; moving backwards in time.
- sailpastA parade of boats.
- forepastThat has passed; bygone.