last

Definitions of last in various dictionaries:

noun - the temporal end

noun - the last or lowest in an ordering or series

noun - a person's dying act

noun - the time at which life ends

noun - a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

noun - a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

noun - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence

noun - holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

verb - persist for a specified period of time

verb - continue to live through hardship or adversity

adj - immediately past

adj - coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

adj - occurring at or forming an end or termination

adj - most unlikely or unsuitable

adj - occurring at the time of death

adj - conclusive in a process or progression

adj - highest in extent or degree

adj - not to be altered or undone

adj - lowest in rank or importance

adv - most recently

adv - the item at the end

Being, coming, or placed after all others; final: the last game of the season.

Being the only one left: his last nickel; as a last resort.

Just past; most recent: last year; the last time I checked.

Most up-to-date; newest: the last thing in swimwear.

Highest in extent or degree; utmost: to the last measure of human endurance.

Most valid, authoritative, or conclusive: The arbiter will have the last say in resolving this dispute.

Least likely or expected: the last person we would have suspected.

The least desirable or suitable: the last man for the job.

Being the latest possible: waited until the last second before boarding the train.

Lowest in rank or importance: last prize; last place.

Used as an intensive: Every last dollar was donated to charity.

Of or relating to a terminal period or stage, as of life: the last days of the dinosaurs.

Administered just before death: the last sacraments.

After all others in chronology or sequence: arrived last.

Most recently: a fashion last popular in the 1940’s.

At the end; finally: Add the butter last.

One that is at the end or last: the last to be chosen; on every page but the last.

The end: held out until the last.

These adj ectives mean coming after all others in chronology or sequence.

To continue in time; go on: The war lasted four years.

To continue; survive: The patient is not expected to last much longer.

To remain in good or usable condition: Produce lasts longer if it is refrigerated.

To continue in force or practice: wondered if the marriage would last.

To remain in adequate supply: Will our water last? — v.

To keep adequately supplied: left enough bread to last the family for the weekend.

To persist or endure for the entire length of; survive: hoped to last the season without injuring her leg again.

A block or form shaped like a human foot and used in making or repairing shoes.

A unit of volume or weight varying for different commodities and in different districts, equal to about 80 bushels, 640 gallons, or 2 tons.

verb - to continue in existence

LAST - A last is a mechanical form that has a shape similar to that of a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair ...