past in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for past in the English»French Dictionary

I.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] N For a full set of translations for past used in clocktime consult the usage note .

1. past (gen):

past
in the past
to live in the past
that's a thing of the past
he/she has a past

II.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] ADJ

III.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] PREP

IV.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst] ADV

V.past [Brit pɑːst, Am pæst]

See also care

I.care [Brit kɛː, Am kɛr] N

1. care (attention):

have a care! Brit give a care! Am

2. care (looking after):

soins mpl

1. care (feel concerned):

+ subj as if I/he cared!
I/he couldn't care less! Brit, I/he could care less! Am
I'm past caring

march-past [Brit, Am ˈmɑrtʃpæst] N

I.squeeze past VB [Brit skwiːz -, Am skwiz -] (squeeze pt)

II.squeeze past VB [Brit skwiːz -, Am skwiz -] (squeeze pt [sth/sb])

past in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for past in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] N a. LING

II.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADJ

III.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] PREP

IV.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADV

Translations for past in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

past Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a thing of the past
in times past [or past times]

past Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

Translations for past in the French»English Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A reception area adjoins the reading room, in which visitors can access information on current and past exhibitions.
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The husbands families often request certain gifts, unlike in the past when guests brought gifts they had chosen.
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Objective verb prefixes; /a/ and /i/ are used in the present tense, /o/ and /id/ in the past.
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By not explaining much about the characters' past and psychology, the brothers aimed to avoid sentimentality.
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The proportion of businesses holding a cash surplus has remained relatively steady for the past four years.
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The past perfect progressive relates to the past perfect as the present perfect progressive relates to the present perfect.
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We can never correct mistakes made in the past, but we can learn from the past, he told parliamentarians.
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But the report hasn't marinated well during the past two weeks, attracting increasing criticism from scientists for its dubious conclusiveness and lack of substantiation.
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This creates a wall that the other player then has to work around, although they may still slip past diagonally.
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In the past, epilepsy patients were referred for surgery only after they had taken medicine after medicine without success, often for 10 years or more.
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