Living in the Past

living Verb

— A living thing is a person, animal or plant that is not dead—it is still able to function and grow. Living things grow and make more living things like themselves.

living Noun

— A way of earning money. What do you do for a living?

in Preposition

— Used to show that something is inside something else. The cat is in the box. — Used to show that someone is at home, or is available. Is John in? The Doctor is now in. — Used to show movement towards the inside. The rain came in through the window.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

past Noun

— A time before now. In the past, many years ago, I was a good doctor. Stuff in the past is a lot different than it is now. — Past means the past tense.

past Adjective

— done The harvest is past. It finished in October.

past Preposition

— by; beside I watched as he walked past the museum window from north to south.