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

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. 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

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 last or lowest in an ordering or series
   "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
    
3. A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
   "he breathed his last"
    
4. The time at which life ends; continuing until dead
   "a struggle to the last";
   - death
    
5. A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
    
6. The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
   "I had to miss the last of the movie";
   - end
    
7. Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
   - shoemaker's last, cobbler's last
    
8. [Brit, archaic] A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

Derived forms: lasts, lasting, lasted

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

Type of: activity, capacity measure, capacity unit, conclusion, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, end, ending, finish, holding device, measure, rank, volume unit, weight, weight unit

Antonym: 1st

Encyclopedia: Last, Lost, Lust for Four Forgotten Episodes