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lasts
verb(last)persist for a specified period of time
Synonyms: endure,
Examples:
The bad weather lasted for three days.
lasts
noun(last)the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
Synonyms: death,
Examples:
A struggle to the last.
lasts
adverb(last)the item at the end
Examples:
Last, I'll discuss family values.
lasts
adjective(last)not to be altered or undone
Synonyms: final,
Examples:
The arbiter will have the last say.
lasts
noun(last)holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
Synonyms: cobbler's last, shoemaker's last,
lasts
noun(last)the temporal end; the concluding time
lasts
verb(last)continue to live and avoid dying
Examples:
How long can a person last without food and water?.
lasts
adjective(last)occurring at or forming an end or termination
Examples:
The last days of the dinosaurs.
lasts
adjective(last)conclusive in a process or progression
Examples:
A last resort.
lasts
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.
Whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually.
lasts
adjective(last)lowest in rank or importance
Synonyms: last-place, lowest,
Examples:
Last prize.
In last place.
In last place.
lasts
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.
lasts
noun(last)a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
Examples:
He breathed his last.
lasts
noun(last)a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
lasts
noun(last)a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
lasts
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.
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.
lasts
adjective(last)immediately past
Examples:
Last Thursday.
The last chapter we read.
The last chapter we read.
lasts
adjective(last)most unlikely or unsuitable
Examples:
The last person we would have suspected.
The last man they would have chosen for the job.
The last man they would have chosen for the job.
lasts
adjective(last)occurring at the time of death
Examples:
His last words.
The last rites.
The last rites.
lasts
noun(last)the last or lowest in an ordering or series
Examples:
He was the last to leave.
He finished an inglorious last.
He finished an inglorious last.