What do you mean past?

adjective. gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas. gone by just before the present time; just passed: during the past year.

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What is past 7pm?

So 20 past 7 means 20 minutes after 7 o'clock. People also ask what does past and to mean in time? In five minute increments, when it's past the hour (up to 30 minutes past) we say "past". When it's before the hour (after 30 minutes past) we say "to". 30 minutes is half an hour, we say "half past" or "thirty". 15 minutes is quarter of an hour, we say "quarter past" or "fifteen" or "quarter to" or "forty-five".

How do you spell past time?

Note that pastime is spelled with only one t, pasttime is a common misspelling. Past time is simply a phrase referring to something being late, something that should have already been done or already occurred. When hyphenated, as in past-time, the expression means old-fashioned, belonging to another, former time. What does 5pm mean? Using numbers from 1 to 12, followed by am or pm, the 12-hour clock system identifies all 24 hours of the day. For example, 5 am is early in the morning, and 5 pm is late in the afternoon; 1 am is one hour after midnight, while 11 pm is one hour before midnight.

And another question, is it passed or past my bedtime?

Is it "past your bedtime" or "passed your bedtime?" Past your bedtime is a prepositional phrase, and thus it should use "past" not "passed. Has past or has passed? tense of the verb "to pass." "Past" is either a noun ("The past is prologue" or an adjective "past glory"). The two are not interchangeable. The correct usage is "has passed" - the verb form.