different between past vs participle
past
English
Etymology
From Middle English, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: päst, IPA(key): /p??st/
- (US) enPR: p?st, IPA(key): /pæst/
- Homophone: passed
- Rhymes: -æst, -??st
Noun
past (plural pasts)
- The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
- 1830, Daniel Webster, a speech
- The past, at least, is secure.
- 1860, Richard Chenevix Trench, On the English Language, Past and Present
- The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed.
- 1830, Daniel Webster, a speech
- (grammar) The past tense.
Synonyms
- (period of time that has already happened): foretime, yestertide; see also Thesaurus:the past
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- preterite
Adjective
past (comparative more past, superlative most past)
- Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.]
- (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. [from 15th c.]
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, page 538:
- That had been, what, three years past?
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, page 20:
- Some four decades past, as a boy, I had a chance encounter and conversation with the late W.A. Poucher [...].
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, page 538:
- Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous. [from 15th c.]
- (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
- (having already happened): bygone, foregone; see also Thesaurus:past
- (having just gone by): foregone, preceding, used-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former
Translations
Adverb
past (comparative more past, superlative most past)
- In a direction that passes.
- Synonym: by
- I watched him walk past
Translations
Preposition
past
- Beyond in place or quantity
- the room past mine
- count past twenty
- (time) Any number of minutes after the last hour
- What's the time? - It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12.15pm).
- Antonym: to
- No longer capable of.
- I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
- Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
- Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
- Ignore them, we'll play past them.
- Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.
Derived terms
- see past the end of one's nose
Translations
Verb
past
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pass
- 1632, John Vicars, The XII Aeneids of Virgil
- Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.
- 1632, John Vicars, The XII Aeneids of Virgil
Related terms
- past master
- past it
- run past
- slip one past
- sneak past
- talk past
Anagrams
- APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, pats, spat, stap, taps
Czech
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /past/
- Rhymes: -ast
Noun
past f
- trap (a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals)
Declension
Derived terms
- pasti?ka
See also
- lé?ka
- záloha
- nástraha
- úskalí
Further reading
- past in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- past in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
- spát
- psát
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
- IPA(key): /p?st/
Verb
past
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of passen
- (archaic) plural imperative of passen
Anagrams
- spat, stap, taps
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French past, from Latin pastus (“pasture”).
Noun
past m (plural pasts)
- food, meal
Old French
Etymology
From Latin pastus (“pasture”), probably influenced by paste (“dough, pastry”).
Alternative forms
- paist, pest, pas
Noun
past m (nominative singular past)
- food, meal
Descendants
- Middle French: past
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /past/
Noun
past f
- genitive plural of pasta
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pá?st/
Noun
p?st f
- trap
Inflection
Verb
p?st
- supine of pásti
Further reading
- “past”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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participle
English
Etymology
From Middle English participle, from Old French participle (1388), variant of participe, from Latin participium.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???t?s?p?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??t??s?p?l/
Noun
participle (plural participles)
- (grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.
Usage notes
Participles can be combined with the auxiliary verbs have and be to form the perfect aspect, the progressive aspect, and the passive voice. The tense is always expressed through the auxiliary verb.
- I have asked. (present tense, perfect aspect)
- I am asking. (present tense, progressive aspect)
- I am asked. (present tense, passive voice)
When not combined with have or be, participles are almost always adjectives and can form adjectival phrases called participial phrases. Nouns can occasionally be derived from these adjectives:
- the following items
- the following
- the dying victims
- the dying
In English, participles typically end in -ing, -ed or -en.
A present participle ending in -ing has the same form but a different function from a verbal noun called a gerund. Sometimes a present participle (adjective) is mistakenly called a gerund (noun).
Hypernyms
- verbal
Hyponyms
- active participle
- future participle
- passive participle
- past participle
- perfect passive participle
- present participle
Translations
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