past

past
past [pα:st]
1. noun
   a. passé m
• in the past dans le passé ; (longer ago) autrefois
• several times in the past plusieurs fois dans le passé
• in the past, many of these babies would have died autrefois, beaucoup de ces bébés seraient morts
• she lives in the past elle vit dans le passé
• it's a thing of the past cela appartient au passé
• new vaccines could make these illnesses a thing of the past de nouveaux vaccins pourraient faire disparaître ces maladies
   b. ( = tense) passé m
• in the past au passé
2. adjective
   a. passé
• in times past jadis
• in past centuries pendant les siècles passés
• the past week la semaine dernière
• the past few days ces derniers jours
• she's been out of work for the past three years elle est au chômage depuis trois ans
• all that is now past tout cela c'est du passé
• past president ancien président m
   b. (Grammar) passé ; [verb] au passé ; [form, ending] du passé
3. preposition
   a. (beyond in time) plus de
• it is past 11 o'clock il est 11 heures passées
• half past three (British) trois heures et demie
• quarter past three (British) trois heures et quart
• at 20 past three (British) à 3 heures 20
• the train goes at five past (inf) (British) le train part à cinq (inf)
• she is past 60 elle a 60 ans passés
   b. ( = beyond in space) au delà de
• past it au delà
• just past the post office juste après la poste
• I think we've gone past it ( = missed it) je pense que nous l'avons dépassé
   c. ( = in front of) devant
• he goes past the house every day il passe tous les jours devant la maison
   d. ( = beyond limits of) I'm past caring j'ai cessé de m'en faire
• he's a bit past it (now) (inf) il n'est plus dans la course (inf)
• I wouldn't put it past her to have done it (inf) je la crois capable d'avoir fait ça
• I wouldn't put it past him cela ne m'étonnerait pas de lui
4. adverb
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► When past is an element in a phrasal verb, eg let past, run past, look up the verb.
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• to go or walk past passer
5. compounds
► past historic noun passé m simple
► past master noun
• to be a past master at sth être expert en qch
• to be a past master at doing sth avoir l'art de faire qch ► past participle noun participe m passé
► past perfect noun plus-que-parfait m
► past tense noun passé m
• in the past tense au passé
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Note: For a full set of translations for past used in clocktime consult the Usage Note
[pɑːst], US [pæst] 1.
noun
1) gen passé m

in the past — dans le passé

she has a past — elle a un passé chargé

2) Linguistics (also past tense) passé m

in the past — au passé

2.
adjective
1) (preceding) dernier/-ière
2) (former) [times, achievements, problems, experience] passé; [president, incumbent] ancien/-ienne; [government] précédent

in times past — autrefois, jadis

3) (finished)

summer is past — l'été est fini

that's all past — c'est du passé

3.
preposition
1) (moving)

to walk ou go past somebody/something — passer devant quelqu'un/quelque chose

to drive past something — passer devant quelque chose (en voiture)

2) (in time)

it's past 6 — il est 6 heures passées

twenty past two — deux heures vingt

half past two — deux heures et demie

he is past 70 — il a 70 ans passés

3) (beyond in position) après

past the church — après l'église

4) (beyond a certain level)

the temperature soared past 40°C — la température est montée brutalement à plus de 40°C

he didn't get past the first chapter — il n'est pas allé plus loin que le premier chapitre

he didn't get past the first interview — il n'a pas passé la barrière du premier entretien

5) (beyond scope of)

to be past understanding — dépasser l'entendement

to be past caring — ne plus s'en faire

he is past playing football — ce n'est plus de son âge de jouer au foot

4.
adverb
1) (onwards)

to go ou walk past — passer

2) (ago)

two years past — il y a deux ans

••

to be past it — (colloq) avoir passé l'âge

to be past its best — [food] être un peu avancé; [wine] être un peu éventé

I wouldn't put it past him to do — je ne pense pas que ça le gênerait de faire


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