1. last(n = noun.time) close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, stopping point - 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"
is a kind of end, ending
2. last(n = noun.linkdef) - the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
is a kind of rank
3. last(n = noun.act) - a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"
is a kind of activity
4. last(n = noun.time) death - the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
is a kind of end, ending
5. last(n = noun.quantity) - a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds;
is a kind of weight, weight unit
6. last(n = noun.quantity) - a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels;
is a kind of capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit
7. last(n = noun.event) end, final stage - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
is a kind of conclusion, ending, finish
has particulars: end game, endgame, end game, endgame, homestretch, passing
8. last(n = noun.artifact) cobbler's last, shoemaker's last - holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes;
is a kind of holding device
1. last(r = adv.all) - most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
2. last(r = adv.all) finally, in conclusion, lastly - the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
1. last(s = adj.all) - immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
2. last(a = adj.all) - 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"
Antonym: first
3. last(s = adj.all) concluding, final, terminal - 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"
4. last(s = adj.all) - most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
5. last(s = adj.all) - occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"
6. last(s = adj.all) final, net - conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
7. last(s = adj.all) utmost - 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"
8. last(s = adj.all) final - not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
9. last(s = adj.all) last-place, lowest - lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
1. last(v = verb.stative) endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
is one way to measure
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
2. last(v = verb.stative) endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
Sample sentences:
The business is going to last
of Last, to endure, contracted from
1. Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance. [1913 Webster]
"Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God." [1913 Webster]
"Fairest of stars, last in the train of night." [1913 Webster]
2. Next before the present; as, I saw him last week. [1913 Webster]
3. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. [1913 Webster]
"Contending for principles of the last importance." [1913 Webster]
4. Lowest in rank or degree; as, the a last place finish. Pope. [1913 Webster]
5. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft. [1913 Webster]
"And blunder on in business to the last."
1. At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York. [1913 Webster]
2. In conclusion; finally; lastly. [1913 Webster]
"Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires,
Adores; and, last, the thing adored desires." [1913 Webster]
3. At a time next preceding the present time. [1913 Webster]
"How long is't now since last yourself and I
Were in a mask ?" [1913 Webster]
1. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. [1913 Webster]
"[I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would ordain while my life lasted." [1913 Webster]
2. To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter. [1913 Webster]
A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. [1913 Webster]
"The cobbler is not to go beyond his last." [1913 Webster]
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot. [1913 Webster]
1. A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs. [1913 Webster]
2. The burden of a ship; a cargo. [1913 Webster]
last, adj., adv., & n.
--adj.
1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end.
2 a most recent; next before a specified time (last Christmas; last week). b preceding; previous in a sequence (got on at the last station).
3 only remaining (the last biscuit; our last chance).
4 (prec. by the) least likely or suitable (the last person I'd want; the last thing I'd have expected).
5 the lowest in rank (the last place).
--adv.
1 after all others (esp. in comb.: last-mentioned).
2 on the last occasion before the present (when did you last see him?).
3 (esp. in enumerating) lastly.
--n.
1 a person or thing that is last, last-mentioned, most recent, etc.
2 (prec. by the) the last mention or sight etc. (shall never hear the last of it).
3 the last performance of certain acts (breathed his last).
4 (prec. by the) a the end or last moment. b death.
Idiom:
at last (or long last) in the end; after much delay. last agony the pangs of death. last ditch a place of final desperate defence (often (with hyphen) attrib.). Last Judgement see JUDGEMENT. last minute (or moment) the time just before an important event (often (with hyphen) attrib.). last name surname. last post see POST(3). last rites sacred rites for a person about to die. the last straw a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable. the Last Supper that of Christ and his disciples on the eve of the Crucifixion, as recorded in the New Testament. last thing adv. very late, esp. as a final act before going to bed. the last word
1 a final or definitive statement (always has the last word; is the last word on this subject).
2 (often foll. by in) the latest fashion. on one's last legs see LEG. pay one's last respects see RESPECT. to (or till) the last till the end; esp. till death.
last, v.intr.
1 remain unexhausted or adequate or alive for a specified or considerable time; suffice (enough food to last us a week; the battery lasts and lasts).
2 continue for a specified time (the journey lasts an hour).
Idiom:
last out remain adequate or in existence for the whole of a period previously stated or implied.
last, n. a shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot.
Idiom:
stick to one's last not meddle with what one does not understand.
Etymology:
OE l{aelig}ste last, l{aelig}st boot, last footprint f. Gmc
VB exist, be, have being, subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case, occur, have place, prevail, find oneself, pass the time, vegetate, consist in, lie in, be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by, come into existence, arise, come forth, become, bring into existence, abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.
N prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type, archetype, antitype, protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm, lay-figure, text, copy, design, fugleman, keynote, die, mold, matrix, last, plasm, proplasm, protoplasm, mint, seal, punch, intaglio, negative, stamp, a precedent embalms a principle, exempla sunt odiosa.
N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum, end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.
VB last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years, tarry, drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain, protract, prolong, spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out, temporize, gain time, make time, talk against time, outlast, outlive, survive, live to fight again.
N the past, past time, days of yore, times of yore, days of old, times of old, days past, times past, days gone by, times gone by, bygone days, old times, ancient times, former times, fore time, the good old days, the olden time, good old time, auld lang syne, eld, antiquity, antiqueness, status quo, time immemorial, distance of time, remote age, remote time, remote past, rust of antiquity, paleontology, paleography, paleology, paleozoology, palaetiology, archaeology, paleogeography, paleoecology, paleobotany, paleoclimatoogy, archaism, antiquarianism, medievalism, Pre-Raphaelitism, paleography, retrospect, retrospection, looking back, memory, laudator temporis acti, medievalist, Pre-Raphaelite, antiquary, antiquarian, archmologist, Oldbuck, Dryasdust, ancestry, past, gone, gone by, over, passed away, bygone, foregone, elapsed, lapsed, preterlapsed, expired, no more, run out, blown over, has-been, that has been, extinct, antediluvian, antebellum, never to return, gone with the wind, exploded, forgotten, irrecoverable, obsolete, former, pristine, quondam, ci-devant, late, ancestral, foregoing, last, latter, recent, over night, preterperfect, preterpluperfect, looking back, retrospective, retroactive, archaeological, paleo-, archaeo-, formerly, of old, of yore, erst, whilom, erewhile, time was, ago, over, in the olden time, anciently, long ago, long since, a long while, a long time ago, years ago, yesteryear, ages ago, some time ago, some time since, some time back, yesterday, the day before yesterday, last year, ultimo, lately, retrospectively, ere now, before now, till now, hitherto, heretofore, no longer, once, once upon a time, from time immemorial, from prehistoric times, in the memory of man, time out of mind, already, yet, up to this time, ex post facto, time was, the time has been, the time hath been, you can't go home again, fuimus Troes, fruit Ilium, hoc erat in more majorum, O call back yesterday, bid time return, tempi passati, the eternal landscape of the past, ultimus Romanorum, what's past is prologue, whose yesterdays look backward with a smile, Time with reference to a particular period.
VB let alone, let be, let it be, persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest, stet (copy editing) hold, hold on, last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast, subsist, live, outlive, survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good.
at last, at long last, cobbler's last, custer's last stand, every last, first and last, last but not least, last day, last frontier, last gasp, last half, last hurrah, last in first out, last judgement, last judgment, last laugh, last mentioned, last mile, last minute, last name, last not least, last out, last quarter, last resort, last respects, last rites, last straw, last supper, last word, shoemaker's last