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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from past participle of passen to pass
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : ago <12 years past> b : just gone or elapsed <for the past few months>
*2 : having existed or taken place in a period before the [[present]] : bygone
*3 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb tense that is [[expressive]] of elapsed [[time]] and that in English is usually formed by internal vowel [[change]] (as in sang) or by the addition of a suffix (as in laughed)
*4 : having served as a specified officer in an organization <past president>
==Description==
The '''past''' is contrasted with the [[present]]. It is also regarded as the conglomerate of [[events]] that happened in a certain point in [[time]], within the [[Space-time]] [[continuum]]. The aforementioned conception is closely related to [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[theory]] of [[relativity]]. The past is the object of [[study]] in such fields as [[history]], [[archaeology]], archaeoastronomy, chronology, [[geology]], (historical geology), historical [[linguistics]], [[law]], paleontology, paleobotany, paleoethnobotany, palaeogeography, paleoclimatology, and [[cosmology]].
The '''past''' is contrasted with the [[present]]. It is also regarded as the conglomerate of [[events]] that happened in a certain point in [[time]], within the [[Space-time]] [[continuum]]. The aforementioned conception is closely related to [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[theory]] of [[relativity]]. The past is the object of [[study]] in such fields as [[history]], [[archaeology]], archaeoastronomy, chronology, [[geology]], (historical geology), historical [[linguistics]], [[law]], paleontology, paleobotany, paleoethnobotany, palaeogeography, paleoclimatology, and [[cosmology]].
