past

past
past [{{t}}pɑ:st]
1 noun
(a) (former time) passé m;
to live in the past vivre dans le passé;
the great empires of the past les grands empires de l'histoire;
it is a thing of the past (institution, custom) ça n'existe plus; (relationship) c'est du passé; (is old-fashioned) c'est périmé;
those days are a thing of the past cette époque est révolue;
politeness seems to have become a thing of the past la politesse semble être une chose démodée
(b) (background → of person) passé m;
woman with a past femme f qui a vécu ou qui a un passé chargé;
town with a past ville f historique;
our country's glorious past le glorieux passé de notre pays
(c) {{}}Grammar{{}} passé m;
in the past au passé
2 adjective
(a) (former, gone by → life) antérieur; (→ quarrels, differences) vieux (vieille), d'autrefois; (→ generation, centuries, mistakes, event) passé;
in centuries past autrefois;
the time for negotiating is past l'heure n'est plus à la négociation;
those days are past ces temps sont révolus;
from past experience par expérience;
in past time or times past autrefois, (au temps) jadis;
to be past (ended) être passé ou terminé;
the crisis is now past la crise est maintenant passée;
the past mayors of the town les anciens maires de la ville
(b) (last) dernier;
the past week la semaine dernière ou passée;
the past two months les deux derniers mois;
this past month has been very busy le mois qui vient de s'achever a été très chargé;
I've not been feeling well for the past few days ça fait quelques jours que je ne me sens pas très bien;
he has spent the past five years in China il a passé ces cinq dernières années en Chine
(c) {{}}Grammar{{}} passé
3 preposition
(a) (in time) après;
it's ten/quarter/half past six il est six heures dix/et quart/et demie;
it is past four (o'clock) il est quatre heures passées;
it's quarter past the hour il est le ou et quart;
it's already past midnight il est déjà plus de minuit ou minuit passé;
it's long or way past my bedtime je devrais être au lit depuis longtemps;
he's past fifty il a plus de cinquante ans, il a dépassé la cinquantaine;
she's past the adolescent stage ce n'est plus une adolescente;
these beans are past their best ces haricots ne sont plus très frais
(b) (further than) plus loin que, au-delà de;
just past the bridge un peu plus loin que le pont, un peu au-delà du pont;
turn right just past the school prenez à droite juste après l'école;
he can't count past ten il ne sait compter que jusqu'à dix;
I didn't manage to get past the first page je n'ai pas réussi à lire plus d'une page;
he knocked the ball past the defender il a envoyé la balle derrière le défenseur
(c) (in front of) devant;
he walked right past my table il est passé juste devant ma table;
he walked past me without saying hello il est passé devant moi sans me saluer
(d) (beyond scope of) au-delà de;
it's past all understanding ça dépasse l'entendement;
their demands are past all reason leurs exigences sont totalement démesurées;
past endurance insupportable;
that's past all belief c'est incroyable
(e) (incapable of)
I'm past caring ça ne me fait plus ni chaud ni froid;
I'm past work (too old) je ne suis plus d'âge à travailler; (too ill) je ne peux plus travailler;
{{}}familiar{{}} to be past it (person) avoir passé l'âge ; (car, machine) avoir fait son temps ;
I wouldn't put it past him il en est bien capable;
I wouldn't put anything past this government ce gouvernement est capable de tout ou du pire
4 adverb
(a) (by)
to go past passer;
they ran past ils passèrent en courant;
the years flew past les années passaient à une vitesse prodigieuse
(b) (ago)
one night about three years past une nuit il y a environ trois ans;
it had long past struck midnight minuit avait sonné depuis longtemps
5 in the past adverb
autrefois, dans le temps
►► past master expert m;
{{}}humorous{{}} he's a past master at doing as little as possible il est passé maître dans l'art d'en faire le moins possible;
{{}}Grammar{{}} past participle participe m passé;
{{}}Grammar{{}} past perfect plus-que-parfait m;
{{}}Grammar{{}} past tense passé m;
in the past tense au passé

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