last
- adjective
- /læst/
- OK, and now we have one last question to answer.
- last resort
- last-minute
- the last one
This is like your last term is a binomial.
- This is like your last term is a binomial.
- I want you to do this one last thing sincerely.
- So, so that's, you know, that was my last big effort.
- It's like the last, the last stage is working.
- We're talking the last, the last day of the.
Examples
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All right, let's move on to our last top story this week.
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Please give me one last chance.
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And as you can tell, our last night was a big one.
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Yeah, just for the last seven months.
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I was at the doctor's office, like, last month.
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But I'm telling you, the last few days have been chaotic.
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You complete this last assignment for OXE, and you have a deal.
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Historically, insulin has been seen as the last resort when all other treatments have failed.
Academic text (2011) -
In addition, the school-based evaluation instrument was used during the last week of the quarter.
Academic text (2013) -
This is the last lecture of this class, where we will review all the key concepts.
Synonyms
Last and cannot be changed or reversed
At the final part of something, especially in time or a process
At the end of something that finishes it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Something a person is not thinking about or worrying about right now
- Informal
A person who thinks they are special and sometimes feels out of place
- Archaic
To keep trying until everything is finished no matter how long it takes
- Informal
To keep supporting something until the very end, no matter how long it takes
Compounds
- Literature
A final meal Jesus ate with his disciples before he was killed on a cross
- Formal
An act of saying goodbye to someone who has died, usually at their funeral
- Specialized
Half the Moon is lit when it comes after a full moon and before a new moon
- Literature
A final day when God decides each person's fate, rewarding good and punishing bad
An 1876 battle at Little Bighorn where Sioux and Cheyenne killed General Custer and his soldiers
- Specialized
An inventory method where the newest items are counted as sold first
- Specialized
A data structure like a stack where the newest item is removed first
A person who is arranged to care for children shortly before the care is needed
- Specialized
A solid foot-shaped form that people who make shoes use to shape or repair shoes
How Final
Surface Forms
Etymology
Last comes from an old English word læst meaning 'end' or 'final part', so to call something the last is to say it is at the 'end' and cannot be changed.