last

immediately past

• “last Thursday”
• “the last chapter we read”

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”

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”

conclusive in a process or progression

• “the final answer”
• “a last resort”
• “the net result”

most unlikely or unsuitable

• “the last person we would have suspected”
• “the last man they would have chosen for the job”

occurring at the time of death

• “his last words”
• “the last rites”

not to be altered or undone

• “the judge”
• “;”

lowest in rank or importance

• “last prize”
• “in last place”

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”

in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style

• “wears only the latest style”
• “the last thing in swimwear”
• “knows the newest dances”
• “cutting-edge technology”
• “a with-it boutique”

persist or be long; in time

• “The bad weather lasted for three days”

continue to live; endure or last

• “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?”

more recently than any other time

• “I saw him last in London”

the item at the end

• “last, I”

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”

the last or lowest in an ordering or series

• “he was the last to leave”
• “he finished an inglorious last”

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

• “he breathed his last”

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

• “she stayed until his death”
• “a struggle to the last”

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

• “the end was exciting”
• “I had to miss the last of the movie”

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