Last

Word LAST
Character 4
Hyphenation last
Pronunciations /last/

Definitions and meanings of "Last"

What do we mean by last?

A block or form shaped like a human foot and used in making or repairing shoes. noun

To mold or shape on a last. transitive verb

Being, coming, or placed after all others; final. adjective

Being the only one left. adjective

Just past; most recent. adjective

Most up-to-date; newest. adjective

Highest in extent or degree; utmost. adjective

Most valid, authoritative, or conclusive. adjective

Least likely or expected. adjective

The least desirable or suitable. adjective

Being the latest possible. adjective

Lowest in rank or importance. adjective

Used as an intensive. adjective

Of or relating to a terminal period or stage, as of life. adjective

Administered just before death. adjective

After all others in chronology or sequence. adverb

Most recently. adverb

At the end; finally. adverb

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Last

The word "last" in example sentences

TWO major thoroughfares because the highway twists like vines as lanes spin up or down around each other - and the roads bend and warp until at last - at *last* - the road bears its own name on a sign. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Your mind begins to spin, as the last of your brain's oxygen is used up, conjuring whatever images it can come up with… your past, the future you're never going to see, your dreams, your nightmares… until finally, at long last… ❋ Jaxraven (2001)

In dates of the last and present century, the expression of the _last two figures_ is sufficient. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

But then it is _all_ they can do -- it is the last card and the _last_ man, and if we make one stupendous effort, we must inevitably crush it. ❋ Various (N/A)

And then, when the hour _has_ come at last, have you been able to take your departure without some half-reproachful feeling akin to melancholy -- without some slight shade of regret to think that much as you have hated it, you look upon it all now for the _last_ time? ❋ G. J. Whyte-Melville (N/A)

Evelyn at a concert, for which I had tickets, but I was too tired to go; this morning we went to hear Dr.P. Brooks, the great preacher who everyone was raving about last spring in London, (or was it _last_ year?) his church is like a great _temple_, or public hall, and cost [pound symbol] 180,000. ❋ Clara Rayleigh (N/A)

I found a feeling of sincere companionship ... a companionship that without ostentation and as a matter of course, shared the last cent the last meal ... when every cent _was_ the last cent, every meal the _last_ meal ... the rest depending on luck and ❋ Harry Kemp (1921)

” Seward pleaded for delay, fearing that on account of the depression of the public mind the proclamation might “be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help, the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia” in a “last shriek on the retreat. ❋ Unknown (1917)

The love of it clung to him to the last moments of his life; but tho he felt that “last infirmity of noble minds, ” never did there breathe a human being who had a more lofty disdain for the shallow and treacherous popularity which is to be courted by subserviency, and purchased at the expense of principle and duty. ❋ Unknown (1906)

_Passion_, because he had his best things last; for _first_ must give place to _last_, because _last_ must have his time to come: but _last_ gives place to nothing; for there is not another to succeed. ❋ Eva March Tappan (1892)

My last hours were spent lying on the sofa on the gallery, with Lydia at my feet, Helen Carter sitting on the floor at my side, while all the rest were gathered around me as I played for the _last time_ "the centre of attraction." ❋ Sarah Morgan Dawson (1875)

Perhaps the feeling was caused in part by the idea that when they took their last look at it, it might possibly be their _last_ sight of land. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Northern Italy, and laid siege to Florence, which was reduced to its last necessity, when the victor of Pollentia appeared beneath its walls, with the _last_ army which the empire could furnish, and introduced supplies. ❋ John Lord (1852)

The last shadow of pretext has vanished for maintaining with Tischendorf that ‘Mark the Evangelist knew nothing of’ these verses: — with Tregelles that ‘The book of Mark himself extends no further than ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ:’ — with Griesbach that ‘the _last leaf of the original Gospel was probably torn away_.’ ... ❋ John William Burgon (1850)

This is the way of it: This last quarrel (you shall know why the author has called it the _last_), is always terminated by a solemn, sacred promise, made by scrupulous, noble, or simply intelligent women ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

Let it be recollected, that all my previous opinions of Mr. Bowles's poetry were _written_ long before the publication of his last and best poem; and that a poet's _last_ poem should be his best, is his highest praise. ❋ Thomas Moore (1815)

[433] In the last number of _The Idler_ Johnson says: -- 'There are few things not purely evil of which we can say without some emotion of uneasiness, _this is the last_ .... ❋ James Boswell (1767)

Three hours before the midnight deadline late last night, Dan Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, sat across from Globe executives in a small conference room and handed them what he called the Guild�s �last, best offer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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