Past
The
past is the set of all
events that occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the
present and the
future. The concept of the past is derived from the linear fashion in which human observers experience
time, and is accessed through
memory and
recollection. In addition, human beings have
recorded the past since the advent of written language. The first known use of the word "past" was in the fourteenth century; it developed as the
past participle of the
Middle English verb ''passen'' meaning "to pass."
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