past
/pæst/ preposition A1- Beyond in place or quantity. · the room past mine· count past twenty
- Any number of minutes after the last hour. · What's the time? — It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12:15 pm). — O.K., we'll stop at half (past) twelve.
- 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.
From the library
And out past the mill,
Here we shall meet and remember the past.
On all the perils that we past.
Flows past our childhood's garden still;
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