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Adjective: last lãst- Immediately past
"last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" - Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
"the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" - Occurring at or forming an end or termination
"the last days of the dinosaurs" - concluding, final, terminal - Most unlikely or unsuitable
"the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" - Occurring at the time of death
"his last words"; "the last rites" - Conclusive in a process or progression
"a last resort" - final, net - Highest in extent or degree
"to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" - utmost - Not to be altered or undone
"the arbiter will have the last say" - final - Lowest in rank or importance
"last prize"; "in last place" - last-place, lowest Verb: last lãst- Persist for a specified period of time
"The bad weather lasted for three days" - endure - Continue to live through hardship or adversity
"how long can a person last without food and water?" - survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out Noun: last lãst- The temporal end; the concluding time
- stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close - The last or lowest in an ordering or series
"he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" - A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
"he breathed his last" - The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
"a struggle to the last" - death - A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- The concluding parts of an event or occurrence
"I had to miss the last of the movie" - end, final stage - Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
- shoemaker's last, cobbler's last - [Brit, archaic] A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
Adverb: last lãst- Most recently
"I saw him last in London" - The item at the end
"last, I'll discuss family values" - lastly, in conclusion, finally
Derived forms: lasting, lasts, lasted See also: closing, dying, fourth-year, high, inalterable, past, senior, sunset, ultimate, unalterable, unlikely, worst Type of: activity, capacity measure, capacity unit, conclusion, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, end, ending, finish, holding device, measure, rank, volume unit, weight, weight unit Antonym: first Encyclopedia: Last |