Dictionary entry details
• LAST (noun)
Meaning:
The temporal end; the concluding time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
close; stopping point; finale; finis; last; conclusion; finish
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)
Meaning:
The last or lowest in an ordering or series
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context examples:
he was the last to leave / he finished an inglorious last
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Meaning:
A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he breathed his last
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Meaning:
The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
death; last
Context examples:
she stayed until his death / a struggle to the last
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)
Meaning:
A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
weight; weight unit (a unit used to measure weight)
Meaning:
A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Meaning:
The concluding parts of an event or occurrence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
final stage; end; last
Context examples:
the end was exciting / I had to miss the last of the movie
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "last"):
end game; endgame (the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board)
end game; endgame (the final stages of an extended process of negotiation)
homestretch (the end of an enterprise)
passing (the end of something)
Meaning:
Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cobbler's last; shoemaker's last; last
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
holding device (a device for holding something)
• LAST (adjective)
Meaning:
Immediately past
Context examples:
last Thursday / the last chapter we read
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Meaning:
Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
Context examples:
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
Similar:
ultimate (being the last or concluding element of a series)
sunset (providing for termination)
subterminal (near but not precisely at an end)
fourth-year; senior (used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college)
next-to-last; penultimate (next to the last)
parthian; parting (delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat)
endmost; terminal (being or situated at an end)
antepenultimate (third from last)
Antonym:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or degree)
Meaning:
Occurring at or forming an end or termination
Synonyms:
concluding; final; last; terminal
Context examples:
his concluding words came as a surprise / the final chapter / the last days of the dinosaurs / terminal leave
Similar:
closing (final or ending)
Meaning:
Conclusive in a process or progression
Synonyms:
final; net; last
Context examples:
the final answer / a last resort / the net result
Similar:
ultimate (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme)
Meaning:
Most unlikely or unsuitable
Context examples:
the last person we would have suspected / the last man they would have chosen for the job
Similar:
unlikely (has little chance of being the case or coming about)
Meaning:
Occurring at the time of death
Context examples:
his last words / the last rites
Similar:
dying (in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be)
Meaning:
Not to be altered or undone
Synonyms:
final; last
Context examples:
the judge's decision is final / the arbiter will have the last say
Similar:
inalterable; unalterable (not capable of being changed or altered)
Meaning:
Lowest in rank or importance
Synonyms:
last-place; lowest; last
Context examples:
last prize / in last place
Similar:
worst ((superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition)
Meaning:
Highest in extent or degree
Synonyms:
utmost; last
Context examples:
to the last measure of human endurance / whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually
Similar:
high (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount)
• LAST (verb)
Meaning:
Persist for a specified period of time
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
last; endure
Context example:
The bad weather lasted for three days
Hypernyms (to "last" is one way to...):
measure (have certain dimensions)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "last"):
run; run for (extend or continue for a certain period of time)
endure; hold out; wear (last and be usable)
drag on; drag out (last unnecessarily long)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Continue to live; endure or last
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
survive; live on; last; endure; live; hold out; hold up; go
Context examples:
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?
"Last" entails doing...:
be; live (have life, be alive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "last"):
live out (live out one's life; live to the end)
perennate (survive from season to season, of plants)
hold up; hold water; stand up (resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The business is going to last
• LAST (adverb)
Meaning:
More recently than any other time
Synonyms:
most recently; last
Context example:
I saw him last in London
Meaning:
The item at the end
Synonyms:
in conclusion; lastly; finally; last
Context example:
last, I'll discuss family values
Pertainym:
last (coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining)
