n.
Function: preposition
Date: 14th century
1 a : beyond the age for or of < past playing with dolls> b : AFTER <half past two>
2 a : at the farther side of : BEYOND b : in a course or direction going close to and then beyond <drove past the house>
3 obsolete : more than
4 : beyond the capacity, range, or sphere of < past belief>