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penultimate
pe·nul·ti·mate P0175300 (pĭ-nŭl′tə-mĭt)adj.1. Next to last.2. Linguistics Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress.n. The next to the last.
[From Latin paenultimus; see penult.]
pe·nul′ti·mate·ly adv.penultimate (pɪˈnʌltɪmɪt) adjnext to the lastnanything that is next to the last, esp a penult[C17: from Latin paene almost + ultimate, on the model of Latin paenultimus]pe•nul•ti•mate (pɪˈnʌl tə mɪt)
adj. 1. next to the last. 2. of or pertaining to a penult. n. 3. penult. [1670–80; see penult, ultimate] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | penultimate - the next to last syllable in a wordpenult, penultimasyllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables" | | Adj. | 1. | penultimate - next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"next-to-lastintermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane" |
Translations
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Synonyms for penultimatenoun the next to last syllable in a wordSynonymsRelated Wordsadj next to the lastSynonymsRelated Words |