Signification de past En anglais

• 0 (of time) after, later than

  • 10 past 3 in the morning 3 heures 10 du matin

  • just past 7 o’clock juste après 7 heures

• 1 beyond a particular position

  • The drugstore is just past the parking lot. Le drugstore se trouve juste après le parking.

• 2 beyond an amount or level, or beyond a limit

  • The water has risen and is now past a safe level. L’eau est montée est a maintenant dépassé le niveau de sécurité.

  • It’s way past your bedtime kids. On est bien au-delà de l’heure de coucher les enfants.

• 3 too old

  • The toaster is past it – we need a new one. Le grille-pain est en bout de course ; il nous en faut un nouveau.

• 4 near and then to a position beyond

  • a truck driving past un camion dépassant / passant devant

• 5 the time before the present

  • In the past, many people disapproved of divorce. Dans le passé, de nombreuses personnes désapprouvaient le divorce.

  • In history we study the past. En histoire, nous étudions le passé.

  • Write three sentences in the past. Ecrivez trois phrases au passé.

• 6 everything sb has previously done in their life

  • actions in her past that she was not proud of des actions dans son passé dont elle n’était pas fière

• 7 recently gone by

  • The economy has slowed in the past few months. L’économie s’est ralentie au cours des quelques derniers mois.

  • She hasn’t seemed very happy this past week. Elle n’a pas semblé très heureuse cette dernière semaine.

• 8 having happened or existed in a time gone by

  • Past experience tells me she won’t listen to my advice. L’expérience passée me dit qu’elle n’écoutera pas mes conseils.

  • Past attempts to change things have all failed. Les dernières tentatives pour changer les choses ont toutes échoué.

• 9 gone by in time

  • In years past, you could swim in the river. Durant les années passées, on pouvait nager dans le fleuve.

• 10 just finished

  • the past year.

• 11 over, finished or ended, of an earlier time than the present

  • The time for discussion is past.

• 12 (of the tense of a verb) indicating action in the past

  • In ‘He did it’, the verb is in the past tense.

• 13 up to and beyond; by

  • He ran past me.

• 14 after

  • It’s past six o’clock.

• 15 up to and beyond (a particular place, person etc)

  • The soldiers marched past.

• 16 a person’s earlier life or career, especially if secret or not respectable

  • He never spoke about his past.

• 17 the past tense

  • a verb in the past.