Last

Definition: Last

Last

Adjective

1. Immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read".

2. Coming after all others in time or space or 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".

3. Occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave".

4. More advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence; "these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the book"; "latter (or later) part of the 18th century".

5. Conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result".

6. Most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job".

7. Occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites".

8. Not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say".

9. Lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place".

10. : 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".

11. : in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "knows the newest dances"; "up-to-date technology".

Adverb

1. More recently than any other time; "I saw him last in London".

2. The item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values".

Noun

1. The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season".

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 last thing a person can do; "he breathed his last".

4. The end of life; continuing until dead; "he bled to death"; "a struggle to the last".

5. A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds.

6. (British) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels.

7. The concluding parts of an event or occurrence: "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie".

8. Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes.

Verb

1. Be long; in time.

2. Continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents".

3. Persist or continue; "The rains lasted four days".

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

Date "last" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

Literature

Tips from 1870

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

LAST

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Last

End

Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.

Adjective: ending; Verb: final, terminal, definitive; crowning; (completing); last, ultimate; hindermost; rear; caudal; vergent.

Existence

Abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.

Permanence

Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.

Prototype

Text, copy, design; fugleman, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm; proplasm, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp.

The Past

Foregoing; last, latter; recent, over night; preterperfect, preterpluperfect.

Crosswords: Last

Danish (burden, charge, load), Dutch (burden, charge, load, trouble), Faeroese (hold), German (burden, charge, charges, costs, encumbrance, load, onerousness, onus, pack, pressure, strain, weight), Norwegian (cargo, freight, lading, load), Swedish (burden, cargo, freight, freightage, load, loading, vice).

We meet at last. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

What has died is the last breath in me that was human (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Crime's my baaag. I got this caper worked out ta the last detail (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Talking pictures, that means I'm out of a job. At last I can start suffering and write that symphony (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

I spent the last of my life savings turning my van into a dog. It cost me 200 bucks for the alarm system alone (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.)

Last night, there was no planning it (Last Night; performing artist: Az Yet)

Don't, don't let me be the last to know (Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know; performing artist: Britney Spears)

But I'm down to one last breath (One Last Breath; performing artist: Creed)

The last waltz should last forever (The Last Waltz; performing artist: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK)

Make it last (Make It Last Forever; performing artist: Keith Sweat)

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. (references; author: Mark Twain)

He who laughs last, thinks slowest. (references; author: unknown)

Five second fuses only last three seconds. (references; author: unknown)

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. (references; author: unknown)

Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names (references; author: unknown)

Last Summer (2000)

The Last Supper (2000)

F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974)

Last of the Wild (1974)

The Last Turkey in the Shop Window (1974)

Last Thing On My Mind, The (performing artist: Neil Diamond)

Save The Last Dance For Me (performing artist: The Drifters)

LAST DATE  (performing artist: Floyd Cramer )

Last Kiss (performing artist: J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers)

Last Beautiful Girl (performing artist: Matchbox 20)

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

Books

• Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the Amazon (reference)

• The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Waking Up to Personal and Global Transformation (reference)

• The Theological Development of Edwards Amasa Park, Last of the 'Consistent Calvinists (Dissertation Series - American Academy of Religion : No. 1) (reference)

• The Last Shaman: Change in an Amazonian Community (The Arakmbut of Amazonian Peru Series Volume 2) (reference)

• The Last Great Victory: The End of World War Ii, July-August 1945 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Truth At Last (reference)

• Last Generation (reference)

• Last Straw (reference)

• Ohios Last Frontier (reference)

• Last Lap (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Jerry Seinfeld Live on Broadway: I'm Telling You for the Last Time (reference)

• The Last Waltz (reference)

• Save the Last Dance (Special Edition) (reference)

• The Last of the Mohicans (reference)

• The Last Unicorn (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Last Temptation (Clean) (reference)

• The Last Temptation (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (reference)

• Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle (reference)

• Last Wills Made E-Z (reference)

• The Last of the Mohicans (Jewel Case) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer).

In the last century, infections by Streptococcus pyogenes, (S. hemolyticus), claimed many lives, especially since the organism was the most important cause of puerperal fever and scarlet fever. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

A pus specimen, viewed using Pappenheim's stain. Last century, infections by S. pyogenes claimed many lives especially since the organism was the most important cause of puerperal fever and scarlet fever. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

Annual Depletion Of Antarctic Ozone Results Are In: 'Ozone Hole' Smaller Than Last Year. Credit: NASA.

New Animation Depicts Changs in Antarctic Ice Sheet For the first time, scientists at NASA have generated a computer model depicting changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since the peak of the last ice age - nearly 20,000 years ago. The West Antarctic ice. Credit: NASA.

For the first time since Pluto's discovery 66 years ago, astronomers have at last directly ... Credit: NASA.

Astronomers analyzing debris from a comet that broke apart last summer spied pieces as small ... Credit: NASA.

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being refurbished during the STS 61 flight.Astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman are seen during the last of the five EVAs. Australia's west coast can be seen in the background. Credit: NASA.

Extensive wetlands lie near the town of Yellowknife, near the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada. The shallow lakes seen in this image have formed in grooves in the landscape that were carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age. Credit: NASA.

Yolo Buggy with George Davidson Base Line party of George Davidson The last time such buggies were used was in 1962. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if he also bartered away plums, that would have rotted in a week, for nuts that would last good for his eating a whole year, he did no injury; he wasted not the common stock; destroyed no part of the portion of goods that belonged to others, so long as nothing perished uselesly in his hands. (Second Treatise of Government)

At the last term on the affidavits then read and filed with the clerk, a rule was granted in this case, requiring the Secretary of State [note: i.e., James Madison] to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directing him to deliver to William Marbury his commission as a justice of the peace for the county of Washington, in the district of Columbia. (reference)

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

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address)

The provisions of paragraphs 17 and 18 and the last part of paragraph 16 shall apply to contracts for the re-insurance of marine risks. (reference)

Last time I saw it all coming and cried aloud to my own fellow-countrymen and to the world, but no one paid any attention. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support--to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective--to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak--and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. (reference)

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1959)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In that very room she had been measured last September, with her two friends

However, it was over at last, and they sat down again in a ring, and begged the Mouse to tell them something more

Becoming immediately sensible of the impropriety, he poked the fire, and extinguished the last frail spark for ever

Bellingham, for the last few moments, had kept an anxious eye upon him.

The last sign

She hugg'd the offender, and forgave the offence: Sex to the last.

Rude brutal anger routed the last lingering instant of ecstasy from his soul

I hope he is much grown since last I saw him.

He said the last smugly

I saw the former in his last great triumph

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

WISE EARS! Will Last a Lifetime. (references)

Sealants can last up to 10 years. (references)

Vertigo may last for days or weeks. (references)

Business

Sales of SUVs have grown steadily over the last years. (references)

This was the worst financial result in the last ten years. (references)

Listening time has decreased somewhat during the last ten years. (references)

Children

Swaziland

Most students reach grade 7, which is the last year in primary school. (references)

Jordan

Declining economic conditions have caused the number of these children to increase steadily over the last 10 years. (references)

Brazil

The country has made significant advances in the last few years in expanding the availability of special instruction for children with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Albania

In May the UNHCR closed the last refugee camp for Kosovars. (references)

Colombia

A total of 61 pastors have been killed in the last 8 years. (references)

Brunei

The detainees subsequently were released, the last three in October. (references)

Economic History

Slovak Rep

This program yielded its first fruits last year. (references)

Taiwan

Constitution: December 25, 1947; last amended 1997. (references)

Ecuador

Poverty has more than doubled in the last five years. (references)

Human Rights

Sao Tome and Principe

The Supreme Court is the appellate court of last resort. (references)

Brunei

All were released during the year, the last three in October. (references)

Belarus

It was the third such "burglary" of the Committee's office in the last 4 years. (references)

Indigenous People

Venezuela

In 1998, the last year for which estimates are available, they returned at least 15 groups averaging 100 Warao each. (references)

Russia

Responsibility for government policy toward indigenous people has been transferred between government agencies several times in the last few years. (references)

Paraguay

In June the Government executed a court order and dislodged farm workers who took over the lands of the Mbya indigenous group in 1994. The Mbya had camped in front of the Congress for the last 2 years both in protest and for lack of a place to live. (references)

Minorities

China

By some estimates, 250,000 Han have moved into the region annually in the last few years. (references)

Colombia

Choco remains the department with the lowest per capita level of social investment and is last in terms of education, health, and infrastructure. (references)

Mauritius

The MPI last met in August 2000. In addition a group of citizens based in the northern part of the country formed an NGO in March 1999 geared toward promoting ethnic unity. (references)

Political Economy

TURKEY

Nonbinding mediation is the last of those steps. (references)

Lebanon

Presidential elections were last held in November 1998. (references)

Nicaragua

Progress on the last, in particular, has been very slow. (references)

Political Rights

Papua New Guinea

The last general election was held in June 1997. Of the 109 seats in Parliament, 55 seats changed hands. (references)

Indonesia

Women represent less than 9 percent of DPR members, a decrease from 13 percent during Soeharto's last term. (references)

Australia

Approximately 25 percent of federal parliamentarians are women, approximately the same as at the end of the last Parliament. (references)

Trade

Peru

Very few items have been prohibited from importation in the last years. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's commercial banks have enjoyed steady profits for the last five years. (references)

Portugal

If this method cannot be applied the others may be successively used, the sixth being a last resort. (references)

Travel

El Salvador

These are followed by the person's last name. (references)

Korea

The most common last names are Kim, Lee, and Park. (references)

Colombia

On the last workday of the month, banks close at noon. (references)

Women

Cuba

Prostitution has increased greatly in the last few years. (references)

Fiji

Only one case in the last 5 years has been sent to the High Court. (references)

Iran

The Siqeh marriage may last for a night or as little as 30 minutes. (references)

Worker Rights

Croatia

Detention may last several days or several weeks. (references)

Vietnam

Most strikes are symbolic and last only 1 or 2 days. (references)

Burkina Faso

The percentage of employed children did not diminish during the last decade. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The last sorrow

The last letter of the Greek alphabet

Expressions using "last": accented on the last syllable ♦ age last birthday ♦ as a last resort ♦ as a last resource ♦ as recently as last week ♦ at last ♦ at long last ♦ at one's last gasp ♦ at the last ♦ At the last gasp ♦ at the last minute ♦ at the last moment ♦ at the last pass ♦ balance carried over from last year ♦ be at one's last gasp ♦ be brought to one's last shift ♦ be driven to one's last shift ♦ be near one's last ♦ be on one's last legs ♦ before last ♦ breathe one's last ♦ breathe one's last breath ♦ cobbler's last ♦ come last ♦ Custer's Last Stand ♦ Darning last ♦ die in the last ditch ♦ down to the last detail ♦ down to the last drop ♦ down to the very last ♦ draw one's last breath ♦ draw the last breath ♦ every last ♦ first and last ♦ First or last ♦ for the last time ♦ from first to last ♦ game to the last ♦ have the last say ♦ have the last word ♦ he who laughs last laughs best ♦ i saw him last ♦ in our last issue ♦ in the last analysis ♦ in the last resort ♦ insist on having the last word ♦ it's an age since we last met ♦ last a long time ♦ last act ♦ last autumn ♦ last born ♦ last breath ♦ last but not least ♦ last but one ♦ last but two ♦ last call optimisation ♦ Last Chance ♦ last comer ♦ last dance ♦ last date for entries ♦ last day ♦ last day for payment ♦ last day of school ♦ last day of the month ♦ last day of the sales ♦ last ditch ♦ last drink ♦ last evening ♦ last friday ♦ last Frontier ♦ last generation ♦ last half ♦ Last heir ♦ last hope ♦ last hurrah ♦ last in first out ♦ last Judgement ♦ last judgment ♦ last looking ♦ last mentioned ♦ last minute ♦ last minute offer ♦ last minute spending ♦ last monday ♦ last month ♦ last name ♦ last night ♦ last not least ♦ last number redial ♦ last of a shoe ♦ last of all ♦ last or finishing ♦ last out ♦ last part ♦ last post ♦ last quarter ♦ last resort ♦ last respects ♦ last rite ♦ last rites ♦ last saturday. Additional references.

Beginning with "last": last-act, last-among-equals, last-ball, last-born, last-breath-of-a-dying, last-but-one, last-century, last-chance, last-checked-issue, last-comers, last-day, last-day-of-peace, last-ditch, last-ditch stand, last-eight, last-end, last-ever, last-flight, last-four, last-gasp, last-gate, last-grasp, last-heard, last-heat, last-hole, last-in, last-in first-out, last-in-first-out, last-kick, last-known, last-lap, last-leg, last-lick, last-like, last-making, last-match, last-mentioned, last-minute, last-moment, last-move, last-named, last-named', last-night, last-night-of-the-prommers, last-of-the-summer-wine, last-period, last-place, last-quarter, last-race, last-received, last-reel, last-resort, last-round, last-second, last-six-colours, last-swimming, last-time, last-time-leave, last-to-be-colonized, last-to-first, last-wicket, last-year.

Ending with "last": second-last.

Containing "last": one-last-pushers, tony-coton-at-man-city-last-august, when-did-you-last-see-your-father.

Afrikaans

voormalige (ex-, former, previous, prior), verlede (past), afgelope, vroeëre (ex-, former, previous, prior), laatste, agterste (backside, hind, hindmost, rump). (various references)

Albanian

kallëp (bar, block, cake, form, frame, ingot, Mold, mould, pattern, shape, stamp), fut këpucët në kallëp, i fundit (closing, current, dernier, ending, final, hindmost, latter, parting, rearmost, recent, terminal, ultimate, utmost), i kaluar (advanced, back, current, departed, mounted, overpast, past), i parafundit (last but one, penultimate), i shkuar (departed, past), fus këpucët në kallëp, i tepërt (excess, excessive, excrescent, odd, over, overabundant, redundant, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, unnecessary, walloping, waste), zgjat (delay, elongate, extend, hold out, lengthen, let down, linger, postpone, prolong, protract, reach, reach out, spread, stretch, telescope), mban (bite, hold, hold out), mjafton (do), në fund (crown it all, in the end), përfundim (afterpiece, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, denouement, derivation, development, eduction, effect, end product, event, expiration, finality, finding, finish, fulfillment, fulfilment, harvest, issue, job, lapse, offshoot, offspring, outcome, output, perfecting, performance, result, resume, rider, total, train, upshot, windup), së fundi (lastly, newly, recently, ultimately), vazhdon (hold, hold out, persist, progress, wear on), i tepërm (excess, excessive, excrescent, odd, overabundant, redundant, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, walloping, waste). (various references)

Arabic