gone by in time and no longer existing

the danger is now past

the time before the moment of speaking or writing

she found it hard to make ends meet in the past

the war-damaged church is preserved as a reminder of the past

a past tense or form of a verb

a simple past of the first conjugation

to or on the further side of

he rode on past the crossroads

beyond in time; later than

by this time it was past 3.30

my watch said twenty past twelve

beyond a particular point, stage, or limit

he feels his opponent is past his prime

it is still very good, but perhaps the site is past its best

so as to pass from one side of something to the other

a flotilla of glossy limousines swept past

used to indicate the lapse of time

a week went past and nothing changed