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last
verb(last)
persist for a specified period of time
Synonyms: endure,
Examples:
The bad weather lasted for three days.
last
noun(last)
the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
Synonyms: death,
Examples:
A struggle to the last.
last
adverb(last)
the item at the end
Synonyms: finally, in conclusion, lastly,
Examples:
Last, I'll discuss family values.
last
adjective(last)
not to be altered or undone
Synonyms: final,
Examples:
The arbiter will have the last say.
last
noun(last)
holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
Synonyms: cobbler's last, shoemaker's last,
last
noun(last)
the temporal end; the concluding time
Synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, stopping point,
last
verb(last)
continue to live and avoid dying
Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive,
Examples:
How long can a person last without food and water?.
last
adjective(last)
occurring at or forming an end or termination
Synonyms: concluding, final, terminal,
Examples:
The last days of the dinosaurs.
last
adjective(last)
conclusive in a process or progression
Synonyms: final, net,
Examples:
A last resort.
last
adjective(last)
highest in extent or degree
Synonyms: utmost,
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.
last
adjective(last)
lowest in rank or importance
Synonyms: last-place, lowest,
Examples:
Last prize.
In last place.
last
noun(last)
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
Synonyms: end,
Examples:
I had to miss the last of the movie.
last
noun(last)
a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
Examples:
He breathed his last.
last
noun(last)
a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
last
noun(last)
a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
last
adjective(last)
coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
Antonyms: first,
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.
last
adjective(last)
immediately past
Examples:
Last Thursday.
The last chapter we read.
last
adjective(last)
most unlikely or unsuitable
Examples:
The last person we would have suspected.
The last man they would have chosen for the job.
last
adjective(last)
occurring at the time of death
Examples:
His last words.
The last rites.
last
noun(last)
the last or lowest in an ordering or series
Examples:
He was the last to leave.
He finished an inglorious last.

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