- passed / past
- Passed is the past tense of pass, to go by or move ahead of: The boys passed through town quickly.Past is a place in time that was before now: You would be wise to reflect on the past and learn from it.
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passed / past — Passed is the past tense of pass, to go by or move ahead of: The boys passed through town quickly. Past is a place in time that was before now: You would be wise to reflect on the past and learn from it … Confused words
passed, past, pass — Passed is the past tense of the verb pass; past is the past participle: The car passed us at 60 miles an hour. Your troubles are now past. Pass is not only a verb; it is also a noun. It appears in hackneyed phrases that are idiomatically sound… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
passed — passed, past Passed is the past tense and past participle of the verb pass: We passed a police car / The time has passed. The related adjective, preposition, and adverb are all past: for the past three hours / We drove past a police car / She… … Modern English usage
past — passed, past Passed is the past tense and past participle of the verb pass: We passed a police car / The time has passed. The related adjective, preposition, and adverb are all past: for the past three hours / We drove past a police car / She… … Modern English usage
past — ► ADJECTIVE 1) gone by in time and no longer existing. 2) (of time) that has gone by. 3) Grammar (of a tense) expressing a past action or state. ► NOUN 1) a past period or the events in it. 2) a person s or thing s history or earlier life. 3) … English terms dictionary
past — adjective 1》 gone by in time and no longer existing. ↘recently elapsed: the past twelve months. 2》 Grammar (of a tense) expressing a past action or state. noun 1》 (usu. the past) a past period or the events in it. ↘a person s or thing s… … English new terms dictionary
passed — See passed, past, pass … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
past — See passed, past, pass … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
past — /past, pahst/, adj. 1. gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it s all past now. 2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas. 3. gone by just before the… … Universalium
past — /past / (say pahst) verb 1. Rare past participle and occasional past tense of pass. –adjective 2. gone by in time. 3. belonging to, or having existed or occurred in time previous to this. 4. gone by just before the present time; just passed: the… …
