menneisyys — meaning in English

English meaning

• backward adj/adv Directed or moving toward the rear, or in the opposite direction to normal or expected.
• history noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
• past noun The period of time before the present.

Senses

menneisyys is used for these senses in English:

• backward (transitive, dated) To keep back, to delay, to retard.
• days of yore (idiomatic, nostalgic) The past; bygone days.
• history (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
• past Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.]
• past The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
• past (grammar) The past tense.
• thing of the past (idiomatic) Something that has gone extinct or become obsolete.

backward — full definition

1. adj/adv Directed or moving toward the rear, or in the opposite direction to normal or expected.
2. adj Less developed or advanced than expected, especially describing a place, culture, or way of thinking.
3. adj Reluctant or slow to act, learn, or come forward.

history — full definition

1. noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
2. noun A record of an entity's past actions or states, such as a browsing history or medical history.
3. noun Used to say something is no longer relevant or has ended, especially in the phrase "be history."

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