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last
(l/&/st )

adjective (a)

  • coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining(adj.all)
    Example:
    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.
    Antonym:
    first
    source: wordnet30
  • of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the temporal end; the concluding time(noun.time)
    Synonym:
    close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, stopping point
    source: wordnet30
  • the last or lowest in an ordering or series(noun.linkdef)
    Example:
    He was the last to leave.
    He finished an inglorious last.
    source: wordnet30
  • a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do(noun.act)
    Example:
    He breathed his last.
    source: wordnet30
  • the time at which life ends; continuing until dead(noun.time)
    Example:
    A struggle to the last.
    Synonym:
    death
    source: wordnet30
  • a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds(noun.quantity)
    source: wordnet30
  • a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels(noun.quantity)
    source: wordnet30
  • the concluding parts of an event or occurrence(noun.event)
    Example:
    I had to miss the last of the movie.
    Synonym:
    end, final stage
    source: wordnet30
  • holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • most_recently(adv.all)
    Example:
    I saw him last in London.
    source: wordnet30
  • the item at the end(adv.all)
    Example:
    Last, I'll discuss family values.
    Synonym:
    finally, in conclusion, lastly
    source: wordnet30
  • At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • immediately past(adj.all)
    Example:
    Last Thursday.
    The last chapter we read.
    source: wordnet30
  • occurring at or forming an end or termination(adj.all)
    Example:
    The last days of the dinosaurs.
    Synonym:
    concluding, final, terminal
    source: wordnet30
  • most unlikely or unsuitable(adj.all)
    Example:
    The last person we would have suspected.
    The last man they would have chosen for the job.
    source: wordnet30
  • occurring at the time of death(adj.all)
    Example:
    His last words.
    The last rites.
    source: wordnet30
  • conclusive in a process or progression(adj.all)
    Example:
    A last resort.
    Synonym:
    final, net
    source: wordnet30
  • highest in extent or degree(adj.all)
    Example:
    To the last measure of human endurance.
    Whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually.
    Synonym:
    utmost
    source: wordnet30
  • not to be altered or undone(adj.all)
    Example:
    The arbiter will have the last say.
    Synonym:
    final
    source: wordnet30
  • lowest in rank or importance(adj.all)
    Example:
    Last prize.
    In last place.
    Synonym:
    last-place, lowest
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • persist for a specified period of time(verb.stative)
    Example:
    The bad weather lasted for three days.
    Synonym:
    endure
    source: wordnet30
  • continue to live through hardship or adversity(verb.stative)
    Example:
    How long can a person last without food and water?.
    Synonym:
    endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive
    source: wordnet30
  • To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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