English dictionary
last
/l/&/st/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
ExamplesThe 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.
Antonyms firstSource: WordNet 3.0
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of <u>Last</u>, to endure, contracted from <i>lasteth</i>.
Source: webster1913
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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 <i>last</i> year of a century; the <i>last</i> man in a line of soldiers; the <i>last</i> page in a book; his last chance.
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noun
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the temporal end; the concluding time
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the last or lowest in an ordering or series
ExamplesHe was the last to leave.
He finished an inglorious last.
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a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
ExamplesHe breathed his last.
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the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
ExamplesA struggle to the last.
Synonyms deathSource: WordNet 3.0
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a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
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a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
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the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
ExamplesI had to miss the last of the movie.
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holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
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A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
Source: webster1913
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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 <i>last</i> of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a <i>last</i> 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.
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adverb
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most_recently
ExamplesI saw him last in London.
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the item at the end
ExamplesLast, I'll discuss family values.
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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 <i>last</i> in New York.
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adjective satellite
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immediately past
ExamplesLast Thursday.
The last chapter we read.
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occurring at or forming an end or termination
ExamplesThe last days of the dinosaurs.
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most unlikely or unsuitable
ExamplesThe last person we would have suspected.
The last man they would have chosen for the job.
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occurring at the time of death
ExamplesHis last words.
The last rites.
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conclusive in a process or progression
ExamplesA last resort.
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highest in extent or degree
ExamplesTo the last measure of human endurance.
Whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually.
Synonyms utmostSource: WordNet 3.0
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not to be altered or undone
ExamplesThe arbiter will have the last say.
Synonyms finalSource: WordNet 3.0
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lowest in rank or importance
ExamplesLast prize.
In last place.
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verb
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persist for a specified period of time
ExamplesThe bad weather lasted for three days.
Synonyms endureSource: WordNet 3.0
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continue to live through hardship or adversity
ExamplesHow long can a person last without food and water?
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To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
Source: webster1913
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To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to <i>last</i> a boot.
Source: webster1913