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past

events that occurred before a given time point
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past

Summary

past is a temporal entity[1]. past draws 1,129 Wikipedia views per month (temporal_entity category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • past's instance of is recorded as temporal entity[3].
  • past's instance of is recorded as time interval[4].
  • past was followed by present[5].
  • past is part of time[6].
  • past's Commons category is recorded as Past[7].
  • past is the opposite of future[8].
  • past's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Past[9].
  • past's different from is recorded as Q33056852[10].
  • past's studied by is recorded as historical science[11].
  • past's does not have characteristic is recorded as recency[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include temporal entity[3] and time interval[4]. past is the opposite of future[8].

Use and Application

past is part of time[6].

Why It Matters

past draws 1,129 Wikipedia views per month (temporal_entity category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] past has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] past is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

former entity

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). past. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/past
MLA “past.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/past.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_past_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{past}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/past}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): past — https://4ort.xyz/entity/past (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Does not have characteristic → recency
    Part of → time
    Opposite of → future
    Subclass of → Q11471
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17102, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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