last
- adjective
- /læst/
- What changed between last week and this week?
- last year
- last decade
- last century
I don't know how legal what we did last night was.
- I don't know how legal what we did last night was.
- OK, I started doing my own nails last winter.
- I was sitting in your seat last year on the outskirts.
- There's a Rover that just last week landed on Mars.
- How many years was it from your last fight to sobriety?
- That was a big song for the last year.
- So it's safe to say last week was chaotic.
- Like my project I dropped February of last year, Dreamcatcher.
- This was like back in last March or something.
Examples
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Last time I saw him, he only had four sons.
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Last night, I was watching television.
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That was a big song for the last year.
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So I had a crazy night last night.
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I feel like we said that last summer.
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So tell us a recap of the last year or so.
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So it's safe to say last week was chaotic.
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I just dropped a new video about my last trip in Bali!
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So here's what's been going on the last couple of decades.
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I want to hear about what happened last week during the trip.
Synonyms
Most recent news or information
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 Recent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Last (as in 'last week') comes from the same old English root læst meaning 'end', so when you say 'last' about a time you mean the time that was just before now, the 'end' of the recent period.