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Adjective: last  lãst
  1. Immediately past
    "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
  2. Coming after all others in time, space, degree or being the only one remaining
  3. Occurring at or forming an end or termination
    "the last days of the dinosaurs";
    - concluding, final, terminal
  4. Most unlikely or unsuitable
  5. Occurring at the time of death
    "his last words"; "the last rites"
  6. Conclusive in a process or progression
    "a last resort";
    - final, net
  7. Highest in extent or degree
    "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one be determined individually"; "to the last measure of human endurance";
    - utmost
  8. Not to be altered or undone
    "the arbiter will have the last say";
    - final
  9. Lowest in rank or importance
    "in last place"; "last prize";
    - last-place, lowest
Verb: last  lãst
  1. Persist for a specified period of time
    "The bad weather lasted for three days";
    - endure
  2. Continue to live through hardship or adversity
    "how long can a person last without food and water?";
    - survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
Noun: last  lãst
  1. The temporal end; the concluding time
    "the last of each round was signaled by a bell";
    - stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close
  2. The last or lowest in an ordering or series
  3. A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
    "he breathed his last"
  4. The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
    "a struggle to the last";
    - death
  5. A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
  6. The concluding parts of an event or occurrence
    "I had to miss the last of the movie";
    - end, final stage
  7. Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
    - shoemaker's last, cobbler's last
  8. [Brit, archaic] A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
Adverb: last  lãst
  1. Most recently
    "I saw him last in London"
  2. Introducing the last item or a series
    "last, I'll discuss family values";
    - lastly, in conclusion, finally

Derived forms: lasts, lasting, lasted

See also: closing, dying, fourth-year, high, inalterable, past, senior, sunset, ultimate, unalterable, unlikely, worst

Type of: activity, capacity measure, capacity unit, conclusion, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, end, ending, finish, holding device, measure, rank, volume unit, weight, weight unit

Antonym: first

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