Definition of Last

Noun

• holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
  - shoemaker's last - cobbler's last
• the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
  "the end was exciting"
  "I had to miss the last of the movie"
  end - final stage
• a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
  
• a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
  
• the time at which life ends
  continuing until dead
  "she stayed until his death"
  "a struggle to the last"
  death
• a person's dying act
  the final thing a person can do
  "he breathed his last"
  
• the last or lowest in an ordering or series
  "he was the last to leave"
  "he finished an inglorious last"
  
• the temporal end
  the concluding time
  "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"
  - stopping point finale finis finish conclusion close

Verb

• continue to live through hardship or adversity
  "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?"
  survive live - live on go endure - hold up - hold out
• persist for a specified period of time
  "The bad weather lasted for three days"
  endure

Adjective

• lowest in rank or importance
  "last prize"
  "in last place"
  - last place lowest
• not to be altered or undone
  "the judge's decision is final"
  "the arbiter will have the last say"
  final
• 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"
  utmost
• conclusive in a process or progression
  "the final answer"
  "a last resort"
  "the net result"
  final net
• occurring at the time of death
  "his last words"
  "the last rites"
  
• most unlikely or unsuitable
  "the last person we would have suspected"
  "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
  
• occurring at or forming an end or termination
  "his concluding words came as a surprise"
  "the final chapter"
  "the last days of the dinosaurs"
  "terminal leave"
  concluding final terminal
• 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"
  "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"
  
• immediately past
  "last Thursday"
  "the last chapter we read"
  

Adverb

• the item at the end
  "last, I'll discuss family values"
  lastly - in conclusion finally
• most_recently
  "I saw him last in London"
  

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