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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
Example:
he breathed his last
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
Synonyms:
cobbler's last; last; shoemaker's last
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
holding device (a device for holding something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
Example:
I had to miss the last of the movie
Synonyms:
end; last
Classified under:
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)
Sense 4
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; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 5
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)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The last or lowest in an ordering or series
Example:
he finished an inglorious last
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
Example:
a struggle to the last
Synonyms:
death; last
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The temporal end; the concluding time
Example:
they were playing better at the close of the season
Synonyms:
close; conclusion; finale; finis; finish; last; stopping point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("last" is a kind of...):
end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring at the time of death
Example:
the last rites
Classified under:
Similar:
dying (in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lowest in rank or importance
Example:
in last place
Synonyms:
last; last-place; lowest
Classified under:
Similar:
worst ((superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not to be altered or undone
Example:
the arbiter will have the last say
Synonyms:
final; last
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inalterable; unalterable (not capable of being changed or altered)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Occurring at or forming an end or termination
Example:
terminal leave
Synonyms:
concluding; final; last; terminal
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
closing (final or ending)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
Example:
down to his last nickel
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
fourth-year; senior (used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college)
sunset (providing for termination)
ultimate (being the last or concluding element of a series)
Antonym:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Highest in extent or degree
Example:
whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually
Synonyms:
last; utmost
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
high (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Most unlikely or unsuitable
Example:
the last man they would have chosen for the job
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unlikely (has little chance of being the case or coming about)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Conclusive in a process or progression
Example:
the net result
Synonyms:
final; last; net
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
ultimate (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Immediately past
Example:
the last chapter we read
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they last ... he / she / it lasts
Past simple: lasted
Past participle: lasted
-ing form: lasting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Continue to live and avoid dying
Example:
One crash victim died, the other lived
Synonyms:
endure; go; hold out; hold up; last; live; live on; survive
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
"Last" entails doing...:
be; live (have life, be alive)
Verb group:
exist; live; subsist; survive (support oneself)
be; live (have life, be alive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "last"):
hold up; hold water; stand up (resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.)
perennate (survive from season to season, of plants)
live out (live out one's life; live to the end)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The business is going to last
Sense 2
Meaning:
Persist for a specified period of time
Example:
The bad weather lasted for three days
Synonyms:
endure; last
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most recently
Example:
I saw him last in London
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
The item at the end
Example:
last, I'll discuss family values
Synonyms:
finally; in conclusion; last; lastly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
last (coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining)
Context examples:
I pray it will all last.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“I have no doubt you are perfectly right,” he said at last, getting to his feet.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
But Mr. Baynes had kept his most sinister exhibit to the last.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Long John told the story from first to last, with a great deal of spirit and the most perfect truth.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
In these last moments I feel the sincerest gratitude towards those who think of me with kindness.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
My word, how he rated us, and how glad we were at last to sneak quietly away.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet, ere the last string had twanged, he would be down on his four bones among the stricken, and have them all houseled and shriven, as quick as shelling peas.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The total body clearance for intravascular administration, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration.
(Observed Total Body Clearance Rate, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
When, at last, he came back, Dorothy asked: Have you seen Oz?
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
As you enter February, you still seem busy gathering records to show your accountant, and you may have been working on calculations since last month, January.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
