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LAST

Definition:

1. [adverb] more recently than any other time; "I saw him last in London"
   Synonyms: most recently
   
   
2. [adverb] the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
   Synonyms: ly, in conclusion, finally
   
   
3. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close
   
   
4. [noun] the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
   
   
5. [noun] a person's dying act; the last thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"
   
   
6. [noun] the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
   Synonyms: death
   
   
7. [noun] a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
   
   
8. [noun] a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
   
   
9. [noun] the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
   Synonyms: end, final stage
   
   
10. [noun] holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
    Synonyms: shoemaker's cobbler's
    
    
11. [verb] persist or be long; in time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
    Synonyms: endure
    
    
12. [verb] continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
    Synonyms: survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
    
    
13. [adjective] immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
    
    
14. [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"
    
    
15. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: concluding, final, terminal
    
    
16. [adjective] conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
    Synonyms: final, net
    
    
17. [adjective] most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
    
    
18. [adjective] occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"
    
    
19. [adjective] not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
    Synonyms: final
    
    
20. [adjective] lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
    Synonyms: -place, lowest
    
    
21. [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"
    Synonyms: utmost
    
    
22. [adjective] in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "knows the newest dances"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique"
    Synonyms: latest, newest, up-to-date, cutting-edge, with-it
    
    

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Related Words:

• run, run for
• wear, hold out, endure
• drag on, drag out
• stand up, hold up, hold water
• perennate
• live out
• endgame, end game
• endgame, end game
• homestretch
• passing

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