Bygone vs. Past

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Bygoneadjective

Having been or happened in the distant past.

Bygonenoun

(usually plural) An event that happened in the past.

Bygoneadjective

Past; gone by.

Bygonenoun

Something gone by or past; a past event.

Bygonenoun

past events to be put aside;

Bygoneadjective

well in the past; former;

Pastnoun

The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.

Pastnoun

(grammar) The past tense.

Pastadjective

Having already happened; in the past; finished.

Pastadjective

(postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.

Pastadjective

Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.

Pastadjective

(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.

Pastadverb

in a direction that passes

Pastadverb

Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.

Pastpreposition

beyond in place, quantity or time

Pastadjective

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

Pastnoun

A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

Pastpreposition

Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

Pastpreposition

Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

Pastpreposition

Above; exceeding; more than.

Pastadverb

By; beyond; as, he ran past.

Pastnoun

the time that has elapsed;

Pastnoun

a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret);

Pastnoun

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

Pastadjective

earlier than the present time; no longer current;

Pastadjective

of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;

Pastadjective

a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time;

Pastadverb

so as to pass a given point;

Past

The past is the set of all events that occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the present and the future.

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