the time that has elapsed

• forget the past

• past
• past_times
• yesteryear

a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

• reporters dug into the candidate's past

• past

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

• past
• past_tense

earlier than the present time; no longer current

• time past
• his youth is past
• this past Thursday
• the past year

• past

of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

• a retiring member of the board

• past
• preceding
• retiring

so as to pass a given point

• every hour a train goes past

• by
• past