What is the meaning of past and passed?

Past meaning, "Yesterday was the past", as in something that already happened Passed meaning, "You passed a test", or "When they passed by in the hallway"

Passed is a verb form or adjective. But there are two words that sound exactly alike: PASSED - adjective meaning went by, accepted, or succeeded It is the past tense and past participle of the verb "to pass" PAST - adjective meaning 'former', adverb meaning going by, or in the past It can also be a preposition (passed cannot be a preposition). - If it is a verb form, it is always passed. If it…

passed away verb (euphemism) (past of, pass away) (to die)

Prey as noun Passed as adj. Past as adj.

The homonym for past is passed. Past as opposite of future, and passed as "I passed the girl while walking".

The word "passed" is a verb, or adjective meaning "went by." The word "past" is a noun for a previous time, or an adjective mean "gone by, or gotten by." Examples : During the long ride, we passed the time by playing games. The car passed the truck on the road. (The quarterback passed the ball to his receiver.) Much time had passed before we could return to the flooded area. It was past (the)…

past PAST when talking about time. 1987 was in the past. PASSED when talking about people. My dad passed away in 1990.

"Past". "Past" is the adverb. "Passed" is the past tense of "pass", a verb.

It is passed. Past is used as a noun (times gone by), an adjective (previous) or adverb (beyond). Example : "I passed the test. I passed the football. I passed the church while driving." Example : "He studies the past. The danger is past. I drove past the church."

The man passed the salt. The man drove past the sign post. Passed is the past tense for passing somebody. Past is refering to the past as in oposite to the future

Is it "years past" or "years passed"? It depends on the context. If you are stating "In years past,..." then you use 'past'. If you are in the middle of your sentence "...when years passed by and nothing got done..." then you use 'passed'.

She passed his house. BUT She walked quickly PAST his house (here PAST is a Preposition).

Passed. Because past is a measure of time- past, present, future.

The homophone for "past" is passed. Example sentence: Susan passed the test.

Passed, as in "I passed by her." Or it can also mean past, as in, "That happened in the past."