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last > 21 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	last	Immediately past
	2	last	Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
	3	last, concluding, final, terminal	Occurring at or forming an end or termination
	4	last, final, net	Conclusive in a process or progression
	5	last	Most unlikely or unsuitable
	6	last	Occurring at the time of death
	7	last, final	Not to be altered or undone
	8	last, last-place, lowest	Lowest in rank or importance
	9	last, utmost	Highest in extent or degree
ADVERB	1	last, most recently	More recently than any other time
ADVERB	2	last, lastly, in conclusion, finally	The item at the end
NOUN	1	last, stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close	The temporal end
	2	last	The last or lowest in an ordering or series
	3	last	A person's dying act
	4	last, death	The time at which life ends
	5	last	A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
	6	last	A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
	7	last, end, final stage	The concluding parts of an event or occurrence
	8	last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last	Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
VERB	1	last, endure	Persist for a specified period of time
VERB	2	last, survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out	Continue to live

last > pronunciation
Sounds	lae's; lae'st; lao'st
Rhymes	alas, Alsace, amass, and 44 more rhymes in aes...
	aghast, amassed, bast / Bast, and 39 more rhymes in aest...
	accost, cost, crisscrossed, and 9 more rhymes in aost...

last > adjective 1
Meaning	Immediately past.
Examples	"last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
Similar to	past

last > adjective 2
Meaning	Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining.
Examples	"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"
Contrary	first; intermediate
Similar	antepenultimate; endmost, terminal; parting, parthian; penultimate, next-to-last; senior, fourth-year; subterminal; sunset; ultimate
Adverbs	last

last > adjective 3
Meaning	Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
Examples	"the last days of the dinosaurs"
Synonyms	concluding, final, terminal
Similar to	closing

last > adjective 4
Meaning	Conclusive in a process or progression.
Examples	"a last resort"
Synonyms	final, net
Similar to	ultimate

last > adjective 5
Meaning	Most unlikely or unsuitable.
Examples	"the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
Similar to	unlikely

last > adjective 6
Meaning	Occurring at the time of death.
Examples	"his last words"; "the last rites"
Similar to	dying

last > adjective 7
Meaning	Not to be altered or undone.
Examples	"the arbiter will have the last say"
Synonyms	final
Similar to	unalterable, inalterable

last > adjective 9
Meaning	Highest in extent or degree.
Examples	"to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
Synonyms	utmost
Similar to	high

last > noun 1, time
Meaning	The temporal end. The concluding time.
Synonyms	stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close
Broader	end, ending

last > noun 2, relation
Meaning	The last or lowest in an ordering or series.
Examples	"he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
Broader	rank

last > noun 3, act
Meaning	A person's dying act. The final thing a person can do.
Examples	"he breathed his last"
Broader	activity

last > noun 4, time
Meaning	The time at which life ends. Continuing until dead.
Examples	"a struggle to the last"
Synonyms	death
Broader	end, ending

last > noun 5, quantity
Meaning	A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds.
Broader	weight unit, weight

last > noun 6, quantity
Meaning	A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels.
Region	United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Broader	volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit

last > noun 7, event
Meaning	The concluding parts of an event or occurrence.
Examples	"I had to miss the last of the movie"
Synonyms	end, final stage
Broader	ending, conclusion, finish
Narrower	endgame, end game; endgame, end game; homestretch; passing

last > noun 8, artifact
Meaning	Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes.
Synonyms	shoemaker's last, cobbler's last
Broader	holding device

last > adverb 1
Meaning	More recently than any other time.
Examples	"I saw him last in London"
Synonyms	most recently

last > adverb 2
Meaning	The item at the end.
Examples	"last, I'll discuss family values"
Synonyms	lastly, in conclusion, finally
Adjectives	last

last > verb 1, stative
Meaning	Persist for a specified period of time.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"The bad weather lasted for three days"
Synonyms	endure
Broader	measure
Narrower	run, run for; wear, hold out, endure; drag on, drag out

last > verb 2, stative
Meaning	Continue to live. Endure or last.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Model	The business is going to last
Examples	"how long can a person last without food and water?"
Synonyms	survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
Similar to	be, live; exist, survive, live, subsist
Narrower	stand up, hold up, hold water; perennate; live out
Entails	be, live