last

Adjective

• lowest in rank or importance
  • last prize
    
  • in last place
    

• not to be altered or undone
  • the judge's decision is final
    
  • the arbiter will have the last say
    

• 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
    

• conclusive in a process or progression
  • the final answer
    
  • a last resort
    
  • the net result
    

• occurring at the time of death
  • his last words
    
  • the last rites
    

• most unlikely or unsuitable
  • the last person we would have suspected
    
  • the last man they would have chosen for the job
    

• occurring at or forming an end or termination
  • his concluding words came as a surprise
    
  • the final chapter
    
  • the last days of the dinosaurs
    
  • terminal leave
    

• 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
    

• immediately past
  • last Thursday
    
  • the last chapter we read
    

Adverb

• the item at the end
  • last, I'll discuss family values
    

• most_recently
  • I saw him last in London
    

Noun

• holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

• the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
  • the end was exciting
    
  • I had to miss the last of the movie
    

• a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

• a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

• the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
  • she stayed until his death
    
  • a struggle to the last
    

• a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
  • he breathed his last
    

• the last or lowest in an ordering or series
  • he was the last to leave
    
  • he finished an inglorious last
    

• the temporal end; the concluding time
  • the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
    
  • the market was up at the finish
    
  • they were playing better at the close of the season
    

Verb

• continue to live through hardship or adversity
  • We went without water and food for 3 days
    
  • These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
    
  • The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
    
  • how long can a person last without food and water?
    

• persist for a specified period of time
  • The bad weather lasted for three days
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
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