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Meaning of last
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
last
adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn:
{last}, {lastly}, {in conclusion}, {finally}]
adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we
read"
2: 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" [ant: {first}]
3: 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" [syn:
{concluding}, {final}, {last}, {terminal}]
4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have
suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last
rites"
6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
"a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: {final}, {last},
{net}]
7: 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" [syn:
{last}, {utmost}]
8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final";
"the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: {final}, {last}]
9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
[syn: {last}, {last-place}, {lowest}]
n 1: 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" [syn: {stopping point}, {finale}, {finis},
{finish}, {last}, {conclusion}, {close}]
2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last
to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he
breathed his last"
4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she
stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn:
{death}, {last}]
5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was
exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: {end},
{last}, {final stage}]
8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to
fashion or repair shoes [syn: {last}, {shoemaker's last},
{cobbler's last}]
v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather
lasted for three days" [syn: {last}, {endure}]
2: 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?" [syn: {survive},
{last}, {live}, {live on}, {go}, {endure}, {hold up}, {hold
out}]
Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.
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