Definitions for last

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last last

Spelling: [last, lahst]

IPA: /læst, lɑst/

Last is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in last (alst).

Definitions for last

noun

1. a person or thing that is last.
2. a final appearance or mention:
3. the end or conclusion:
4. a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
5. the shape or form of a shoe.
6. any of various large units of weight or capacity, varying in amount in different localities and for different commodities, often equivalent to 4000 pounds (1814.37 kilograms).

Idioms

1. at last, after a lengthy pause or delay:
2. at long last, after much troublesome or frustrating delay:
3. breathe one's last, to die:
4. stick to one's last, to keep to that work, field, etc., in which one is competent or skilled.
5. of late, lately; recently:

adverb

1. after all others; latest:
2. on the most recent occasion:
3. in the end; finally; in conclusion.
4. after the usual or proper time, or after delay:
5. until after the usual time or hour; until an advanced hour, especially of the night:
6. at or to an advanced time, period, or stage:
7. recently but no longer:

adjective

1. occurring or coming after all others, as in time, order, or place:
2. most recent; next before the present; latest:
3. being the only one remaining:
4. final:
5. ultimate or conclusive; definitive:
6. lowest in prestige or importance:
7. coming after all others in suitability or likelihood; least desirable:
8. individual; single:
9. utmost; extreme:
10. Ecclesiastical. (of the sacraments of penance, viaticum, or extreme unction) extreme or final; administered to a person dying or in danger of dying.
11. occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time:
12. continued until after the usual time or hour; protracted:
13. near or at the end of day or well into the night:
14. belonging to the time just before the present moment; most recent:
15. immediately preceding the present one; former:
16. recently deceased:
17. occurring at an advanced stage in life:
18. belonging to an advanced period or stage in the history or development of something:

verb (used with object)

1. to continue to survive for the duration of (often followed by out):
2. to shape on or fit to a last.

verb (used without object)

1. to go on or continue in time:
2. to continue unexpended or unexhausted; be enough:
3. to continue in force, vigor, effectiveness, etc.:
4. to continue or remain in usable condition for a reasonable period of time:

Origin of last

before 900; Middle English last, latst, syncopated variant of latest, Old English latest, lætest, superlative of læt, late

Examples for last

Here we see but a few of the last links, and those imperfectly.

I heard about it from Mrs. Balldridge when we came here last fall.

They were the last she heard sung by Paralus, the night Anaxagoras departed from Athens.

Drugeon survived an airstrike last year and is believed to be still at large, officials have said.

"I've just finished," said Percival, glancing down the last sheet.

A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.

In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.

I have sought for thee throughout the world, and at last I believed thee dead.

As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.

What criticisms of last season did you find helpful, and not so helpful?