1. Coming after all others in time, space, degree or being the only one remaining
   "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"; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"
    
2. Occurring at or forming an end or termination
   "the last days of the dinosaurs";
   - concluding, final, terminal
    
3. Immediately past
   "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
    
4. Conclusive in a process or progression
   "a last resort";
   - final, net
    
5. Not to be altered or undone
   "the arbiter will have the last say";
   - final
    
6. 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"
    
7. At the bottom of the rank or of least importance
   "in last place"; "last prize";
   - last-place, lowest
    
8. Most unlikely or unsuitable
   "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
    
9. Occurring at the time of death
   "his last words"; "the last rites"

1. Persist for a specified period of time
   "The bad weather lasted for three days";
   - endure
    
2. Continue to live and avoid dying
   "how long can a person last without food and water?";
   - survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

1. The temporal end; the concluding time
   "the last of each round was signaled by a bell";
   - stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close
    
2. The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
   "I had to miss the last of the movie";
   - end
    
3. The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
   "a struggle to the last";
   - death
    
4. A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
   "he breathed his last"
    
5. The last or lowest in an ordering or series
   "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
    
6. A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
   "The ship's cargo was measured in lasts"
    
7. Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
   "The cobbler placed the shoe on the shoemaker's last to reshape it"; "The antique cobbler's last was displayed in the museum's craft exhibit";
   - shoemaker's last, cobbler's last
    
8. [Brit, archaic] A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
   "The merchant ship carried several lasts of wheat"

1. Most recently
   "I saw him last in London"
    
2. Introducing the last item or a series
   "last, I'll discuss family values";
   - lastly, in conclusion, finally

Derived forms: lasts, lasted, lasting

See also: closing, dying, fourth-year, high, inalterable, past, senior, sunset, ultimate, unalterable, unlikely, worst

Type of: activity, capacity measure, capacity unit, conclusion, continue, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, end, ending, finish, go along, go on, holding device, keep, measure, proceed, rank, volume unit, weight, weight unit

Antonym: 1st

Encyclopedia: Last, Lost, Lust for Four Forgotten Episodes