Past and Present

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Past

Past adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: a past editor of the newspaper
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Present is an antonym for past in topics: former, former times, current, preceding, olden.

Present

Present adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: I am very busy at the present moment
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Past is an antonym for present in topics: future, gift, nearby, existing, existing time.
Nearby Words: presentation, presence, presented, presently, presentable
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human human past human present
good good past good present
full full past full present
common common past common present
Other adjectives: true, relative, romantic, actual, entire, real, bad, terrible, horrible, traumatic, new, mysterious, Nazi, alternate, said.
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