English dictionary
last
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- occurring at the time of death
adjective
- lowest in rank or importance
adjective
- not to be altered or undone
adjective
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
adjective
- coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
adjective
- highest in extent or degree
adjective
- most unlikely or unsuitable
adjective
- conclusive in a process or progression
adjective
- immediately past
adverb
- most recently
adverb
- the item at the end
noun
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
noun
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
noun
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
noun
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
noun
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
noun
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
noun
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
verb
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- persist for a specified period of time
Example sentences
his last words
the last rites
last prize
in last place
the judge's decision is final
the arbiter will have the last say
his concluding words came as a surprise
the final chapter
the last days of the dinosaurs
terminal leave
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
to the last measure of human endurance
whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was … to be determined individually
the last person we would have suspected
the last man they would have chosen for the job
the final answer
a last resort
the net result
last Thursday
the last chapter we read
I saw him last in London
last, I'll discuss family values
he breathed his last
the end was exciting
I had to miss the last of the movie
he was the last to leave
he finished an inglorious last
she stayed until his death
a struggle to the last
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
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?
one crash victim died, the other lived
The bad weather lasted for three days