English Explanatory Dictionary

last

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
  2. Most recent, latest, last so far.
  3. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
  4. Being the only one remaining of its class.
  5. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
  6. Lowest in rank or degree.
det
  1. The (one) immediately before the present.
  2. 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
  1. Most recently.
  2. after everything else; finally
verb
  1. To endure, continue over time.
  2. To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
  3. To purposefully refrain from orgasm
  4. To perform, carry out.
noun
  1. A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.
verb
  1. To shape (an item of footwear such as a boot or shoe) during its manufacture or repair while it is placed on a last (noun etymology 3, noun sense 1).
noun
  1. A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
  2. A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
  3. An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
  4. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

läst /lɑːst/ lăst /læst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-last.wav En-us-last.ogg /last/ /ɫast/

Word forms

last lasts lasting lasted lasten

Etymology

From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest, both ultimately from Old English latost. Doublet of latest.

Synonyms

rear, rearmost, caboose, dernier, final, terminal, ultimate, lattermost; latest most recent lastly finally continue endure survive

Antonyms

disintegrate dissipate fall apart wear out

Related words

everlasting lasting

Derived words

at last at long last at the last at the last minute at the last moment be born last week belay my last born at night but not last night breathe one's last breathe one's last breath close one's eyes for the last time come down in the last shower court of last resort dead last die in the last ditch draw one's last breath drug of last resort every last fall at the last hurdle famous last words Fermat's last theorem first and last forelast for the last time first to last get on someone's last nerve get the last laugh have seen one's last gum tree have the last laugh hear the last of he laughs best that laughs last he who laughs last laughs best he who laughs last laughs hardest I can't remember the last time if it's the last thing I do in the last analysis laglast last 16 last antecedent rule last big thing lastborn last-born last burst of fire last but one last call last cast last chance saloon last chicken in the shop last common ancestor last dance last day last ditch last-ditch last-ditcher last eight last four last frontier last full measure last-gasp last gasp
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