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last
/læst/
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Definitions of last
  1. verb
    persist for a specified period of time
    "The bad weather lasted for three days"

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    endure
    type of:
    measure
  2. noun
    the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
    "a struggle to the last"

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    death
    type of:
    ending end
  3. adverb
    the item at the end
    "last, I'll discuss family values"

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    finally in conclusion lastly
  4. adjective
    not to be altered or undone
    "the arbiter will have the last say"

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    final unalterable inalterable
  5. noun
    holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

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    cobbler's last shoemaker's last
    type of:
    holding device
  6. noun
    the temporal end; the concluding time

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    close conclusion finale finis finish stopping point
    type of:
    end ending
  7. verb
    continue to live and avoid dying
    "how long can a person last without food and water?"

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    endure go hold out hold up live live on survive
  8. adjective
    occurring at or forming an end or termination
    "the last days of the dinosaurs"

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    concluding final terminal closing
  9. adjective
    conclusive in a process or progression
    "a last resort"

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    final net ultimate
  10. adjective
    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"

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    utmost high
  11. adjective
    lowest in rank or importance
    "last prize" "in last place"

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    last-place lowest worst
  12. noun
    the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
    "I had to miss the last of the movie"

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    end
  13. noun
    a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
    "he breathed his last"
    type of:
    activity
  14. noun
    a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
  15. noun
    a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
    type of:
    weight unit weight
  16. adjective
    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"

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    sunset ultimate senior fourth-year
    Opposite:
    first
  17. adjective
    immediately past
    "last Thursday" "the last chapter we read"

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    past
  18. adjective
    most unlikely or unsuitable
    "the last person we would have suspected" "the last man they would have chosen for the job"

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    unlikely
  19. adjective
    occurring at the time of death
    "his last words" "the last rites"

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    dying
  20. noun
    the last or lowest in an ordering or series
    "he was the last to leave" "he finished an inglorious last"
    type of:
    rank
Examples of last
  • "The bad weather lasted for three days"
  • "a struggle to the last"
  • "last, I'll discuss family values"
  • "the arbiter will have the last say"
  • "how long can a person last without food and water?"
  • "the last days of the dinosaurs"
  • "a last resort"
  • "to the last measure of human endurance"
  • "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
  • "last prize"
  • "in last place"
  • "I had to miss the last of the movie"
  • "he breathed his last"
  • "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"
  • "last Thursday"
  • "the last chapter we read"
  • "the last person we would have suspected"
  • "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
  • "his last words"
  • "the last rites"
  • "he was the last to leave"
  • "he finished an inglorious last"
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