past
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /pɑːst/US /pæst/
Meaning
adjective
gone by in time
“in past years/centuries”
adverb
from one side of something to the other
“She smiled at me as she walked past. ”
noun
the time that has gone by; things that happened in an earlier time
“in the past, I used to go there often in the past.”
preposition
later than something
“half past two”
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“which is very different than the GPU of the past”
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“for bad predictions in the past.”
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“acknowledged that in the past we might”
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