| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | lae's; lae'st; lao'st |
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| Rhymes | alas, Alsace, amass, and 43 more rhymes in aes at the HyperDic website... |
| aghast, amassed, bast / Bast, and 39 more rhymes in aest at the HyperDic website... | |
| accost, cost, crisscrossed, and 9 more rhymes in aost at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Immediately past. |
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| Examples | "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" |
| Similar to | past |
| Meaning | Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining. |
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| 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 | antepenultimate; endmost, terminal; parting, parthian; penultimate, next-to-last; senior, fourth-year; subterminal; sunset; ultimate |
| Contrary | first; intermediate |
| Adverbs | last |
| Meaning | Occurring at or forming an end or termination. |
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| Examples | "the last days of the dinosaurs" |
| Synonyms | concluding, final, terminal |
| Similar to | closing |
| Meaning | Conclusive in a process or progression. |
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| Examples | "a last resort" |
| Synonyms | final, net |
| Similar to | ultimate |
| Meaning | Most unlikely or unsuitable. |
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| Examples | "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" |
| Similar to | unlikely |
| Meaning | Occurring at the time of death. |
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| Examples | "his last words"; "the last rites" |
| Similar to | dying |
| Meaning | Not to be altered or undone. |
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| Examples | "the arbiter will have the last say" |
| Synonyms | final |
| Similar to | unalterable, inalterable |
| Meaning | Lowest in rank or importance. |
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| Examples | "last prize"; "in last place" |
| Synonyms | last-place, lowest |
| Similar to | worst |
| Meaning | Highest in extent or degree. |
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| 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" |
| Synonyms | utmost |
| Similar to | high |
| Meaning | In accord with the most fashionable ideas or style. |
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| Examples | "the last thing in swimwear" |
| Synonyms | latest, newest, up-to-date, cutting-edge, with-it |
| Similar to | fashionable, stylish |
| Meaning | The temporal end. The concluding time. |
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| Synonyms | stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close |
| Broader | end, ending |
| Meaning | The last or lowest in an ordering or series. |
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| Examples | "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" |
| Broader | rank |
| Meaning | A person's dying act. The last thing a person can do. |
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| Examples | "he breathed his last" |
| Broader | activity |
| Meaning | The time at which life ends. Continuing until dead. |
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| Examples | "a struggle to the last" |
| Synonyms | death |
| Broader | end, ending |
| Meaning | A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds. |
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| Broader | weight unit, weight |
| Meaning | A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels. |
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| Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Broader | volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit |
| Meaning | The concluding parts of an event or occurrence. |
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| Examples | "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
| Synonyms | end, final stage |
| Narrower | endgame, end game; endgame, end game; homestretch; passing |
| Broader | ending, conclusion, finish |
| Meaning | Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes. |
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| Synonyms | shoemaker's last, cobbler's last |
| Broader | holding device |
| Meaning | More recently than any other time. |
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| Examples | "I saw him last in London" |
| Synonyms | most recently |
| Meaning | The item at the end. |
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| Examples | "last, I'll discuss family values" |
| Synonyms | lastly, in conclusion, finally |
| Adjectives | last |
| Meaning | Persist or be long. In time. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The bad weather lasted for three days" |
| Synonyms | endure |
| Narrower | run, run for; wear, hold out, endure; drag on, drag out |
| Broader | measure |
| Meaning | Continue to live. Endure or last. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Model | The business is going to last |
| Synonyms | survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out |
| Entails | be, live |
| Narrower | stand up, hold up, hold water; perennate; live out |
| Similar to | be, live; exist, survive, live, subsist |