单词 | penultimate |
释义 | penultimate (once / 11726 pages) adjn If something’s the penultimate, then it’s the second to last thing in a series. If you’re watching the penultimate episode of your favorite TV show, you know that there’s only one more episode to go. Penultimate came into English in the 17th century from the Latin word paenultimus, a combination of paene, meaning “almost,” and ultimus, meaning “last.” So if something’s penultimate, it’s “almost last”: more specifically, it’s next to last. If you’re reading a book with 20 chapters, chapter 19 is the penultimate chapter. If you’re a fan of grammar terms, you might already know that penultimate can refer to a word’s next to last syllable, called a penult. WORD FAMILYpenultimate: penultimately, penultimates USAGE EXAMPLESThe Ravens responded with a 21-14 win over Pittsburgh on Nov. 6, and they stayed in contention until the penultimate game of the season. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) In the penultimate game of their nearly two weeks on the road, the Lakers lost to the Miami Heat, 115-107. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) This is the penultimate chance for North Alabama to win another national title. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj next to the last the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter Syn next-to-last intermediate lying between two extremes in time or space or state 2n the next to last syllable in a word Syn|Hyper penult, penultima syllable a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme |
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