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- [last, lahst]
- /læst, lɑst/
- /lɑːst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [last, lahst]
- /læst, lɑst/
Definitions of last word
- adjective last occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring. 1
- adjective last continued until after the usual time or hour; protracted: a late business meeting. 1
- adjective last near or at the end of day or well into the night: a late hour. 1
- adjective last belonging to the time just before the present moment; most recent: a late news bulletin. 1
- adjective last immediately preceding the present one; former: the late attorney general. 1
- adjective last recently deceased: the late Mr. Phipps. 1
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Origin of last
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English last, latst, syncopated variant of latest, Old English latest, lætest, superlative of læt, late
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Parts of speech for Last
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
last popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
last usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for last
noun last
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- completion — the act of completing, or finishing
- finale — the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- termination — the act of terminating.
- close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
adjective last
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- latter — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- former — preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
verb last
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- last out — to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
adverb last
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- at last — If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
- lastly — in conclusion; in the last place; finally.
- after all — You use after all when introducing a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said.
Antonyms for last
noun last
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- opening — an open or clear space.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
adjective last
- next — immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
verb last
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
adverb last
- in the first place — firstly
- to start with — To start with means at the very first stage of an event or process.
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