passed / past [ˈpæst]
passed – v. (past participle and past tense of pass) – 1. to have gone beyond; exceeded; 2. to have met a given standard
past – adj. & adv. & n. & prep. – adj. – with reference to something completed or gone by; adv. – as to pass; prep. – beyond a range in time, place, duration or compass of (i.e. belief, worrying, endurance); n. – a previous time