{
    "term": "past",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "gone by in time",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "in **past years/centuries**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "in **times past**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The time for discussion is past."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The days are **long past** when people worked at the same company all their lives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In past years the industry received large subsidies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Theatre in past centuries was mass entertainment, but that is not the case today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book is a celebration of working class life in times past."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "gone by recently; just ended",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "in the **past year/month/week**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've seen her several times over the **past few** days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The past month has been really busy at work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This past summer I worked at a theatre."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "belonging to an earlier time",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "From **past experience** I'd say he'd probably forgotten the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**past and present** students of the college"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's forget about who was more to blame—it's all **past history**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I warned her not to repeat her **past mistakes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**past events**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Americans hold past presidents in high regard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is reluctant to speak about his **past life** as a professional musician."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with the form of a verb used to express actions in the past",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **past tense**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɑːst/",
                "audio": "pa/past/past__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pæst/",
                "audio": "pa/past/past__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass."
}