last
- adjective
- /læst/
- And those were the very last words she ever heard.
- last words
- last will and testament
- last rites
And reputedly his last words are it's good.
- And reputedly his last words are it's good.
- And he goes, yeah, today's my last day before they execute me.
- Let's hear more calling about what would my last words be?
- But I was then in boarding school for the last year of her life.
- I've seen animals in their in their last on their last breaths.
Examples
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I say, did you really think your last moment on earth had come?
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His last request was to see his family one more time before he passed away.
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Because that was the last wish of a dying man.
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And my mother's last words, she loved her.
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She'd known she was dying, and had written the last letters ahead of time.
Fiction book (1990) -
That's where he'll be spending his last couple hours.
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What if this is your daddy's last moment of life?
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It was the last time your father ever saw his family.
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I grabbed my coat, kissed my fiancé on the cheek, for the last time we would ever kiss, and I ran.
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The doctor confirmed that these would be her last days due to her illness.
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Last in 'last words' comes from an old English root læst meaning 'final', so these are the final things someone says just before they die.