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last

adjective · adverb · verb · noun

Simple meaning

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

læst

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

  2. Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

    “The last time I saw Paris.”

  3. Most recent, latest, last so far.

  4. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.

  5. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

  6. Lowest in rank or degree.

adverb

  1. Most recently

verb

  1. intransitive

    To endure, continue over time.

  2. intransitive

    To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.

noun

  1. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Used this way, last is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It carries warmth, so it reads as personal rather than detached.

Emotional tone
Positive
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Moderate
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Kind and considerate
Usage feel
Warm and expressive

Nearby words

  • penultimate , more formal, and heavier in everyday conversation
  • antepenultimate , rarer, so it draws attention

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use last

  • “The last time I saw Paris.”adjective
  • “The bad weather lasted for three days.”verb
  • “He was the last to leave.”noun

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • lastingadjectiveInflected form

    Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • lastlyadverbDerived adverb

    The item at the end.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • last gaspnounCompound term

    The point of death or exhaustion or completion.

  • last halfnounCompound term

    The second of two halves of play.

  • last hurrahnounCompound term

    A final performance or effort (especially before retirement).

  • last in first outnounCompound term

    Inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold.

  • last judgementnounCompound term

    Day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives.

  • last judgmentnounCompound term

    Day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives.

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Synonyms

Sense: final or ultimate

penultimateFormalantepenultimateRare

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