👉 Antepast, also known as past, is a concept in linguistics and philosophy that refers to the historical events or times before the present. It encompasses the time periods preceding any event or period of time, such as a person's childhood, adolescence, adulthood, or even the transition from one generation to another. In everyday language, antepasts are often associated with the past tense of words like "was," "were," and "been." For example, "I was born in
