Latest

Definitions of "latest"

• Superlative of late. adjective
• Something that is the most recent or current of its kind: the latest in electronic gadgetry. noun
• at the latest No later than: Have it done by Tuesday at the latest. idiom
• superlative form of late: most late. adjective
• Last, final. adjective
• Most recent. adjective
• superlative form of late: most late. adverb
• At the latest. adverb
• The most recent thing, particularly information or news. noun
• Last; final.
• the most recent news or development noun
• in the current fashion or style adjective
• up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date adjective

The word "latest" in example sentences

The latest improvements were hurried to the front, and adopted by both armies almost simultaneously; for hardly had the Federal bought, when the Confederate captured, and used, the _very latest_.. [Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865]

While the term latest and greatest generally lasts only a day or two, the. [WN.com - Articles related to Alex Dimond's Chelsea Comment: Rivals' struggles will encourage Carlo Ancelotti]

NPR's CEO Vivian Schiller said Williams 'comments were the latest is a series of troubling incidents over several years.. [Personal Finance: Firings gone bad]

Audrey gets the cool computers in this family – her latest is a laptop, a HP DV7-1183CL.. [Drey deals with display bugs « Third Point of Singularity]

Last but not least, Larry (OF Blog of the Fallen) kick-started a heated debate on ASoIaF forum, questioning the premise that “the latest is also the greatest” - talking about debut efforts and (the veracity of) hype that builds around new authors – link.. [Archive 2008-05-01]

This latest is a reversal after stonewalling the democrats on raising the federal minimum wage for several years and voting it down in session at least three previous times.. [Think Progress » House Conservatives: $2 For Workers, But Only If Paris Gets Millions]

This latest is a comedy called The Great Buck Howard starring John Malkovich and his assistant Colin Hanks struggling to get their careers back on track.. [Filmstalker: Malkovich as another Magician]

I have tried every treatment known to medicine (I go to an excellent headache specialist), and the latest is an OTC preparation called Migravent.. [Migraines!]

Archeologists are presenting what they call the latest evidence that a traditional account of the peopling of the Americas is wrong.. [Archive 2008-03-01]

She continues to embrace what she calls the latest "advancements.". [100 Minus 2]

I read cookbooks like normal people read racy novels; and the latest is my copy of Molly Katzen's wonderful book "The Enchanted Broccoli Forest".. [Archive 2005-03-01]

Lisa has been doing a series of rat sculptures - and the latest is a limited to 500 edition of a Neil Gaiman rat -- very cool, and if you've met Neil, you can DEFINITELY see him in this piece.. [CALLING POPPY]

He goes on to attack the Texas incantation of the Help America Vote intitiative, which he describes as the latest excuse to build a " giant, centralized, database for near real-time political-economic surveillance of everybody in this country, everywhere, all the time.". [B2fxxx]

Citing what it calls latest and most accurate figures available, the report says that in the hake longline sector, fishing rights have been granted to 141 companies.. [ANC Daily News Briefing]

Mrs. Fisher, too, appearing frequently in the neighbourhood, drove over to impart her experiences and give Lily what she called the latest report from the weather-bureau; and the latter, who had never directly invited her confidence, could yet talk with her more freely than with Gerty Farish, in whose presence it was impossible even to admit the existence of much that Mrs. Fisher conveniently took for granted.. [The House of Mirth]

Among the latest is the famous "Byrd Ship," a large Submarine, a great car ferry that will be transformed into a Club House in the lake, and a two-acre living reproduction of the beauties and products of Florida.. [The Greatness of the Great Lakes]