last

Definitions

1. 13d pers sing pres

   of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

2. 2adjective

   Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.

3. 3adjective

   Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.

4. 4adjective

   Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

5. 5adjective

   Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.

6. 6adjective

   Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.

7. 7adjective

   At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.

8. 8adjective

   In conclusion; finally.

9. 9adjective

   At a time next preceding the present time.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.

12. 12intransitive verb

    A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.

13. 13transitive verb

    To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.

14. 14noun

    A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.

15. 15noun

    The burden of a ship; a cargo.

16. 16noun

    a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do

    "he breathed his last"

17. 17noun

    holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

18. 18noun

    the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

    "the end was exciting"

    "I had to miss the last of the movie"

    Synonyms

    end
19. 19noun

    a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

20. 20noun

    a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

21. 21noun

    the last or lowest in an ordering or series

    "he was the last to leave"

    "he finished an inglorious last"

22. 22noun

    the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

    "she stayed until his death"

    "a struggle to the last"

    Synonyms

    death
23. 23noun

    the temporal end; the concluding time

    "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"

    "the market was up at the finish"

    Synonyms

    closeconclusionfinalefinisfinish
24. 24verb

    continue to live through hardship or adversity

    "We went without water and food for 3 days"

    "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"

    Synonyms

    enduregolivesurvive
25. 25verb

    persist for a specified period of time

    "The bad weather lasted for three days"

    Synonyms

    endure
26. 26adjective

    occurring at the time of death

    "his last words"

    "the last rites"

27. 27adjective

    lowest in rank or importance

    "last prize"

    "in last place"

    Synonyms

    lowest
28. 28adjective

    not to be altered or undone

    "the judge's decision is final"

    "the arbiter will have the last say"

    Synonyms

    final
29. 29adjective

    occurring at or forming an end or termination

    "his concluding words came as a surprise"

    "the final chapter"

    Synonyms

    concludingfinalterminal
30. 30adjective

    coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

    "the last time I saw Paris"

    "the last day of the month"

31. 31adjective

    highest in extent or degree

    "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
32. 32adjective

    most unlikely or unsuitable

    "the last person we would have suspected"

    "the last man they would have chosen for the job"

33. 33adjective

    conclusive in a process or progression

    "the final answer"

    "a last resort"

    Synonyms

    finalnet
34. 34adjective

    immediately past

    "last Thursday"

    "the last chapter we read"

35. 35adverb

    most_recently

    "I saw him last in London"

36. 36adverb

    the item at the end

    "last, I'll discuss family values"

    Synonyms

    finallylastly