Meaning of 'last'

adverb

most_recently

Example: "I saw them last in London."

adverb

the item at the end

Example: "last, I'll discuss family values"

Synonyms: finally

adjective

occurring at the time of death

Example: "Their last words were unheard."

adjective

lowest in rank or importance

Example: "last prize"

Synonyms: lowest last-place

adjective

not to be altered or undone

Synonyms: final

adjective

occurring at or forming an end or termination

Synonyms: final concluding terminal

adjective

coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

Example: "the last time I saw Paris"

adjective

highest in extent or degree

Example: "to the last measure of human endurance"

Synonyms: utmost

adjective

most unlikely or unsuitable

Example: "the last person we would have suspected"

adjective

conclusive in a process or progression

Synonyms: final net

noun

a person's dying act

noun

holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

Synonyms: shoemaker's last cobbler's last

noun

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

Synonyms: end

noun

a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

noun

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

noun

the last or lowest in an ordering or series

Example: "They were the last to leave."

noun

the time at which life ends

Synonyms: death

noun

the temporal end

Synonyms: conclusion

verb

continue to live through hardship or adversity

Synonyms: live go hold out hold up endure survive live on

verb

persist for a specified period of time

Example: "The bad weather lasted for three days"

Synonyms: endure

adjective

immediately past