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Common
prep
•
Beyond
in place
or
quantity
•
Any number of
minutes
after the last
hour
•
No longer
capable
of.
•
Having
recovered
or
moved
on from (a
traumatic
experience
, etc.).
•
Passing
by,
especially
without
stopping
or being
delayed
.
adj
•
Having
already
happened
; in
the past
;
finished
.
•
Following
expressions
of time to
indicate
how
long ago
something
happened
;
ago
.
•
Of a
period of time
:
having
just
gone by
;
previous
.
•
In Grammar:
Of a
tense
,
expressing
action
that has already
happened
or a previously-existing
state
.
noun
•
The
period of time
that has already
happened
,
in contrast
to
the present
and
the future
.
•
In Grammar:
The past
tense
.
adv
•
In a
direction
that
passes
.
verb
•
simple past
tense
and
past participle
of
pass
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