Usually means: Time period before the present.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word the past:

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  1. the past: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. the past: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. the past: Collins English Dictionary
  4. the past: Dictionary.com
  5. The Past (Sevendust song), The Past: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. the past: Merriam-Webster

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Similar:
history, past perfect, historical, past times, memory, previous, historial, historic, old times, date back, more...

Types:
history, antiquity, prehistory, mid-evil, dark ages, renaissance, more...

Phrases:
dead hand of the past, a blast from the past, living in the past, live in the past, lived in the past, more...

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Similar:
history, past perfect, historical, past times, memory, previous, historial, historic, old times, date back, more...

Types:
history, antiquity, prehistory, mid-evil, dark ages, renaissance, more...

Phrases:
dead hand of the past, a blast from the past, living in the past, live in the past, lived in the past, lives in the past, the past perfect, a thing of the past, the past tense, blast from the past, more...



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