Last Word

Definitions: Last Word

Last Word

Noun

1. The final statement in a verbal argument; "she always gets the last word".

2. An authoritative statement; "my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take".

3. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Last Word

Affirmation

Swear by; (believe); insist upon, take one's stand upon; emphasize, lay stress on; assert roundly, assert positively; lay down, lay down the law; raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word; rap out; repeat; reassert, reaffirm.

Fashion

Custom; mode, vogue, go; rage; (desire); prevailing taste; fad, trend, bandwagon, furore, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word.

Obstinacy

Verb: be obstinate; Adjective: stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts; opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief; have one's own way; (will); persist; (persevere) a; have the last word, insist on having the last word.

Crosswords: Last Word

She always has the last word. (Mommie Dearest; writing credit: Christina Crawford; Robert Getchell)

Rosebudthe last word in sleds! (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; writing credit: Dan Patterson; Mark Leveson)

We both want the last word. (Press Gang; writing credit: Steven Moffat)

The best way to have the last word is to apologize. (references; author: unknown)

A Last Word on the Election (1964)

His Last Word (1915)

The Last Word (2003)

Last Word (2002)

The Last Word (1997)

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Books

• The Last Word on Power: Re-Invention for Leaders and Anyone Who Must Make the Impossible Happen (reference)

• The last word : an eye-witness account of the trial of Jeremy Thorpe (reference)

• Death by Chocolate: The Last Word on a Consuming Passion (reference)

• Baby Names Now: From Classic to Cool, the Very Last Word on First Names (reference)

• The Insomniac's Dictionary: The Last Word on the Odd Word (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Marilyn - The Last Word (A Reenactment of the Events Leading Up to Her Tragic Death) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Josephus Daniels comes back to Washington and it looked like old times to see the former Navy Secretary calling at the White House and see him surrounded by newspaper men who used to get the last word on dope from the Navy from Mr. Daniels.Credit: Library of Congress.

A modern Cinderella a notable production of the last word in musical comedy : book & lyrics by Caspar Nathan, music by Hampton Durand.Credit: Library of Congress.

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This is the last word and the only seriously meant word of bourgeois Socialism. (reference)

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A last word.

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Economic History

New Zealand

A limited liability company must have the word "Limited" as the last word of its name. (references)

France

The Senate's legislative powers are limited; the National Assembly has the last word in the event of a disagreement between the two houses. (references)

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Expressions using "last word": have the last word ♦ insist on having the last word. Additional references.

Danish

det sidste ord at skulle have sagt (the final say, the last word), det sidste ord (the final say, the last word). (various references)

Dutch

het laatste woord (the final say, the last word). (various references)

French

le "dernier mot". (various references)

German

letzte schrei. (various references)

Greek 

έχω την τελευταία λέξη (have the last word), τελευταία λέξη (the final say, the last word), το άκρον άωτον (acme, the last word in, the ultimate). (various references)

Hungarian

legutolsó szó, legújabb divat (last thing in ties, latest thing in ties), végső szó, utolsó szó (say, say-so). (various references)

Italian

"l'ultima parola". (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

決定版 (definitive piece, definitiveedition). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

けっていば�" (definitive piece, definitiveedition), けっていは�" (definitive piece, definitiveedition). (various references)

Pig Latin

astlay ordway

Portuguese

semana passada. (various references)

Spanish

última palabra. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: towards.

-2 letters: dorsal, drawls, tolars, toward, trawls, woalds, worlds.

-3 letters: altos, awols, darts, datos, dawts, doats, dolts, dorsa, dotal, drats, drawl, draws, lards, loads, lords, lotas, orals, ratos, roads, roast, rotas, rotls, sarod, solar, sowar, straw, strow, sward, swart, sword, tardo, taros, toads, tolar, tolas, toras, trawl, trows, waldo, wards, warts, woads, woald, wolds, words, world, worst, worts.

-4 letters: ados, alow, also, alto, alts, arts, awls, awol, dals, dart, dato, daws, dawt, doat, dols, dolt, dors, dost, dots, dows, drat, draw, lads, lard, lars, last, lats, laws, load, lord, lost, lota, lots, lows, oars, oast, oats, olds, orad, oral, orts, osar, owls, rads, rato, rats, raws, road, rods, rota, rotl, rots, rows, salt, sard, slat, slaw, slot, slow, soar, soda, sola, sold, sora, sord, sort, star, staw, stoa, stow, swat, swot, tads, taos, taro, tars, taws, toad, tods, tola, told, tora, tors, tows, trad, trod, trow, tsar, twas, twos, wads, ward, wars, wart, wast, wats, woad, wold, word, wort, wost, wots.

-5 letters: ado, ads, als, alt, ars, art, awl, dal, daw, dol, dor, dos, dot, dow, lad, lar, las, lat, law, lot, low, oar, oat, ods, old, ora, ors, ort, owl, rad, ras, rat, raw, rod, rot, row, sad, sal, sat, saw, sod, sol, sot, sow, tad, tao, tar, tas, taw, tod, tor, tow, twa, two, wad, war, was, wat, wos, wot.

+1 letter: leadworts, swordtail.

+2 letters: swordtails.

+3 letters: afterworlds, floodwaters, waterfloods.

+4 letters: bladderworts, leatherwoods, towardliness.

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