past

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English - Vietnamese dictionary

past /pɑ:st/

• tính từ
  • (thuộc) quá khứ, đã qua, (thuộc) dĩ vãng
    • for the past few days: mấy ngày qua
    • his pain is past now: cơn đau của anh ấy đã qua rồi
  • (ngôn ngữ học) quá khứ
    • past tense: thói quá khứ
    • past participle: động tính từ quá khứ

• danh từ
  • quá khứ, dĩ vãng; quá khứ không hay ho gì
  • (ngôn ngữ học) ((thường) the past) thời quá khứ

• phó từ
  • qua
    • to walk past: đi qua
    • to run past: chạy qua
  • quá
    • the train is past due: xe lửa quá giờ rồi mà chưa đến

• giới từ
  • quá, vượt, quá, hơn
    • it is past six: đã quá sáu giờ hơn
    • he is past fifty: ông ta đã hơn (ngoài) năm mươi
    • past endurance: vượt quá sự chịu đựng, không thể chịu đựng nổi
  • qua
    • to run past the house: chạy qua nhà

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Advanced English dictionary

adjective, noun, preposition, adverb
+ adjective
1 gone by in time: in past years / centuries / ages + in times past + The time for discussion is past.
2 [only before noun] gone by recently; just ended: I haven't seen much of her in the past few weeks. + The past month has been really busy at work.
3 [only before noun] belonging to an earlier time: past events + From past experience I'd say he'd probably forgotten the time. + past and present students of the college + Let's forget about who was more to blame-it's all past history.
4 [only before noun] (grammar) connected with the form of a verb used to express actions in the past
+ noun
1 (the past) [sing.] the time that has gone by; things that happened in an earlier time: I used to go there often in the past. + the recent / distant past + She looked back on the past without regret. + Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past.
2 [C] a person's past life or career: We don't know anything about his past. + They say she has a 'past' (= bad things in her past life that she wishes to keep secret).
3 (the past) [sing.] (grammar) = PAST TENSE
Idioms see DISTANT, LIVE
+ preposition
1 (AmE also after) later than sth: half past two + ten (minutes) past six + There's a bus at twenty minutes past the hour (= at 1.20, 2.20, etc.). + We arrived at two o'clock and left at ten past (= ten minutes past two). + It was past midnight when we got home.
2 on or to the other side of sb/sth: We live in the house just past the church. + He hurried past them without stopping. + He just walked straight past us!
3 above or further than a particular point or stage: Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark. + The flowers are past their best. + He's past his prime. + She's long past retirement age. + Honestly, I'm past caring what happens (= I can no longer be bothered to care).
Idioms: past it (BrE, informal) too old to do what you used to be able to do; too old to be used for its normal function: In some sports you're past it by the age of 25. + That coat is looking decidedly past it.
+ adverb
1 from one side of sth to the other: I called out to him as he ran past.
2 used to describe time passing: A week went past and nothing had changed.(also the past)
+ noun
[sing.] (grammar) the form of a verb used to describe actions in the past: The past tense of 'take' is 'took'.

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Thesaurus dictionary

adj.

1 over, done, finished, (over and) done with, gone (and forgotten), dead (and buried or gone), defunct:

The day of the horse and carriage is past.

2 late, former, one-time, sometime, previous, prior, erstwhile, quondam, whilom; last, recent:

Past owners of the house had no idea that this treasure was buried in the basement.

adv.

3 on, (close) by, nearby:

I was standing here when he ran past.

4 ago, before, heretofore, since:

The previous owners moved out two years past.

n.

5 history, background, life, lifetime, existence, career, lifestyle, biography:

She reveals all about her past in her new book.

6 days or years or times gone by, days of yore, old times, olden times or days, former times, (good) old days, days of old, days beyond recall:

In the past, life proceeded at a more leisurely pace.

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Collocation

¹ time before the present

ADJ.

VERB + PAST

PREP.

PHRASES

² sb/sth's history

ADJ.

VERB + PAST

PREP.

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Concise dictionary

pastspæst /pɑːst
noun
+the time that has elapsed
+a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
+a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
adj.
+earlier than the present time; no longer current
+of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
+a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time
adv.
+so as to pass a given point

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