past's
Belonging to yesterday
Past's is the possessive form of past, indicating something belonging to or associated with the past: The past's hold on us can be difficult to escape.
The construction is grammatically correct but relatively uncommon, since writers often prefer rephrasing: "the hold of the past" or "the past held us."
temporal
Of the prior day
- history'sBelonging to recorded time
- former'sOf the first-named
- memory'sPossessive of recall
- predecessor'sBelonging to who came before
ancestor's · tradition's · era's · period's · age's · time's · decade's · century's
personal
Of early life
- youth'sOf a young person
- root'sBelonging to the foundation
- foundation'sOf a philanthropic institution
- chapter'sBook division's possessive
journey's · path's · life's · story's · record's · diary's · journal's
yesterday's
Of the prior day
predecessor's · ancestor's · tradition's · era's · period's · age's · time's · decade's · century's
childhood's
Of early life
- youth'sOf a young person
- root'sBelonging to the foundation
- foundation'sOf a philanthropic institution
chapter's · journey's · path's · life's · story's · record's · diary's · journal's
form's
Belonging to a structure
- structure'sOf a built form
- language'sOf a communication system
- in the pastPreviously occurred
- get pastSurmount an obstacle
- half pastThirty minutes in
- past dueBeyond payment deadline
- national pastimeCountry's beloved sport
- thing of the pastFormer reality, now obsolete