(v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
(n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
(prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
(prep.) Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
(prep.) Above; exceeding; more than.
(adv.) By; beyond; as, he ran past.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) Anti-corruption campaigners have already trooped past the €18.9m mansion on Rue de La Baume, bought in 2007 in the name of two Bongo children, then 13 and 16, and other relatives, in what some call Paris's "ill-gotten gains" walking tour.
(3) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
(4) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
(5) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
(6) In the past 6 years 26 patients underwent operation for recurrent duodenal ulcer after what was considered to be an "adequate" initial operation.
(7) Over the past decade the use of monoclonal antibodies has greatly advanced our knowledge of the biological properties and heterogeneity that exist within human tumours, and in particular in lung cancer.
(8) He had been extremely frustrated that indicators of economic recovery over the past few days had been drowned out by the clamour over the Labour leadership.
(9) We reviewed our experience with femorofemoral bypass during the past 10 years to define its role relative to other methods in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease.
(10) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
(11) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
(12) I’m hopeful but I just can’t get over all my experiences in the past.
(13) Significant changes have occurred within the profession of pharmacy in the past few decades which have led to loss of function, social power and status.
(14) Eighty interposition mesocaval shunts, using a knitted Dacron large diameter prosthesis, have been performed during the past five and one-half years.
(15) Although they were praised in the last five years as the most efficient drugs against cancer and infectious diseases, no great success was clinically and experimentally reported in the past.
(16) Over the past 20 years the rag-and-bone trade has had a makeover.
(17) Cameron famously broke with the past, and highlighted his green credentials, by posing with huskies on a visit to Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic in 2006.
(18) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(19) They argue that the US, the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases per capita (China recently surpassed us in sheer volume), needs to lead the fight to limit carbon emissions, rather continuing to block global treaties as it has done in the past.
(20) Over the past decade, the quinolone antimicrobial class has enjoyed a renaissance with the emergence of the fluoroquinolone subclass.
Yore
Definition:
(adv.) In time long past; in old time; long since.
Example Sentences:
(1) The subjects of 2015’s most exciting underground publications are a world away from the stapled-together, photocopied, fanzines of yore.
(2) With its stripped-back stone slab, here hovering above a line of Corinthian columns, it speaks volumes about this moment in time, its architecture used to embody rapid modernisation, nostalgia for historical greatness and the imagined national unity of yore.
(3) Yore's alleged crime is the production and distribution of child pornography.
(4) Since feminists – and anti-feminists – of yore spent so much time scrapping over the politics of female orgasm, it is useful to get the basic physiology down.
(5) On Saturday, protesters demanded Linden re-open the gallery which, aside from Yore's piece, houses the Like Mike exhibition, a series of work by seven artists in tribute to the late Mike Brown, the only Australian artist to be successfully prosecuted for obscenity.
(6) Paul Yore, 26, pleaded not guilty to producing and possessing child pornography over an installation that included images of nude adults with children’s faces attached.
(7) Chambers said Yore’s work would divide opinion, offending some people while others would see it as a right to freedom of expression.
(8) Or that they fear the changes that have followed as a result of this prolonged near-zero rate policy will make it impossible for them to manage the rate hikes as smoothly and gracefully as in days of yore?
(9) Now led by Mance Rayder (Ciaran Hinds), the self-styled King-Beyond-the Wall, the Free People look poised to descend on the sissy south in season three, in a campaign perhaps modelled on Bonnie Prince Charlie's raids into the heartland of the effete sassenachs of yore, or the Vikings marching on Stamford Bridge.
(10) But Jason Smith, the director of the Heide Museum of Modern Art, said Yore’s work was of outstanding merit.
(11) West Brom have now come from behind to earn points in their last three games – beating Arsenal and drawing at West Ham – and with the wind swirling wildly around and the Hawthorns crowd finally buying into “Tony Pulis’s blue and white army” with encouraging gusto, Spurs of yore might have wilted.
(12) The interview room currently plays host to Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, Ashley Cooper, Neale Fraser, the grand slam giants of yore.
(13) In times of yore you would have woken up in a panic, scrambling in the dark, trying to find your fur coat or velvet smoking jacket.
(14) Yore’s art dealer Geoff Newton said the artist was happy to have the court battle behind him.
(15) Yore is yet to be charged over child pornography offences, which can carry a 10-year prison sentence.
(16) Clearly Paul Yore’s work is confronting, and intentionally so,” she said.
(17) In a promotional interview played to the court, Yore said it was an homage to avant-garde artist Mike Brown and was deliberately confrontational.
(18) Slowly they return, the clean-shaven, square-jawed heroes of yore, displaced for so many years now by their darker, more intricately conflicted brethren,” noted the Los Angeles Times TV critic, Mary McNamara.
(19) "That's not to justify paedophilia and exploitation, but I'm not sure that Paul Yore's non-binary view of sexuality is a major risk to society.
(20) In fact, to find a Clooney film I properly enjoyed I'd have to go all the way back to Fantastic Mr Fox, released back in the time of yore (ie 2009).