last

Plural: lasten, lasts

Noun

• the temporal end; the concluding time
• the last or lowest in an ordering or series
  • "he was the last to leave"
  • "he finished an inglorious last"
• a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
  • "he breathed his last"
• the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
  • "a struggle to the last"
• a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
• a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
• the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
  • "I had to miss the last of the movie"
• holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
• A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.
• A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
• A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
• An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
• A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.

Verb

Verb Forms: lasted, lasting, lasts

• To continue for a specified period; to endure or persist.
• persist for a specified period of time
  • "The bad weather lasted for three days"
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
  • "how long can a person last without food and water?"
• To endure, continue over time.
• To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
• To purposefully refrain from orgasm
• To perform, carry out.
• To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.

Adjective Satellite

• immediately past
  • "last Thursday"
  • "the last chapter we read"
• occurring at or forming an end or termination
  • "the last days of the dinosaurs"
• most unlikely or unsuitable
  • "the last person we would have suspected"
  • "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
• occurring at the time of death
  • "his last words"
  • "the last rites"
• conclusive in a process or progression
  • "a last resort"
• 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"
• not to be altered or undone
  • "the arbiter will have the last say"
• lowest in rank or importance
  • "last prize"
  • "in last place"

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"

Adverb

• most_recently
  • "I saw him last in London"
• the item at the end
  • "last, I'll discuss family values"

Adj

• Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
• Most recent, latest, last so far.
• Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
• Being the only one remaining of its class.
• Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
• Lowest in rank or degree.

Det

• The (one) immediately before the present.
• Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.

Adv

• Most recently.
• after everything else; finally

Examples

• As I arrived last of all, I'll go last to add the butter last.
• Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick.
• He hoped his lead would LAST until the end of the Scrabble game.
• He is the last person to be accused of theft.
• I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.
• I have received your note dated the 17th last, and am responding to say that[…]
• I was last to go; you're next.
• It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago.
• Japan is the last empire.
• last but not least
• More rain is the last thing we need right now.
• Summer seems to last longer each year.
• The last person I want to meet is Helen.
• The last time I saw him, he was married.
• They seem happy now, but that won't last long.
• Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher.
• to last a boot
• We went there last year.
• When we last met, he was based in Toronto.
• When you say last Monday, do you mean the Monday just gone, or the one before that?

Synonyms

close, cobbler's last, concluding, conclusion, death, end, endure, final, final stage, finale, finally, finis, finish, go, hold out, hold up, in conclusion, last-place, lastly, live, live on, lowest, net, shoemaker's last, stopping point, survive, terminal, utmost, continue, latest, most recent, rear, rearmost, caboose, dernier, final, terminal, ultimate, lattermost;

Antonyms

first, disintegrate, dissipate, fall apart, wear out

Related Words

everlasting, lasting

Anagrams of last