Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go past

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English

Syllables
go -past
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.

verb

To elapse. (said of time)

verb

To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

goes past (present, singular) going past (participle, present) went past (past) gone past (participle, past)

Synonyms

go by elapse go intervene go past pass pass by roll on

Questions

What does go past mean?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.

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