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last Adjective

— Something is last in a row or in time if there are other things before it but no more things after it. I was the last person to go there: when I went, the others were all already there. My house is the last house at the end of the street.

last Determiner

— Last week, month, year, etc. is the one that comes before this one. I didn't see you last week.

last Verb

— To endure, continue over time. Summer seems to last longer each year. — To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.

last

— adjective immediately past last Thursday the last chapter we read — adjective 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 — adjective (= concluding, final, terminal) 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 — verb persist for a specified period of time The bad weather lasted for three days — verb (= survive, live, go) continue to live through hardship or adversity We went without water and food for 3 days These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents how long can a person last without food and water? — adverb most_recently I saw him last in London — noun (= stopping point, finish, close) 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 — adjective occurring at the time of death his last words the last rites — adjective most unlikely or unsuitable the last person we would have suspected the last man they would have chosen for the job — adverb the item at the end last, I'll discuss family values — adjective 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 — noun the last or lowest in an ordering or series he was the last to leave he finished an inglorious last — noun a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do he breathed his last — adjective (= final, net) conclusive in a process or progression the final answer a last resort the net result — adjective (= last-place, lowest) lowest in rank or importance last prize in last place — noun holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes — noun a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds — noun a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels — noun (= death) the time at which life ends; continuing until dead she stayed until his death a struggle to the last — noun (= end) the concluding parts of an event or occurrence the end was exciting I had to miss the last of the movie — adjective (= final) not to be altered or undone the judge's decision is final the arbiter will have the last say

Synonyms last synonyms

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last English » English

final endure continue ultimate past previous end go on finally persist hold out hindmost conclusion latest former behind terminal keep on keep closing take most recent maintain concluding worst sustain rearmost prior lowest live late lastly in conclusion wear utmost survive rear persevere latter last time hold up go bottom at the end wear well take up supreme support suffice slow down

Topics last topics

What do people use last to talk about?
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

Last
States Time Relative time

Before
States Quantity

Enough
States Quantity Enough

Remain, remainder
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to trouble

Survive
States Time Aspectual time Start something

End
States Time

Continue, persevere
States Time Take time

A long time
States Time Period of time Day

Night
States Time Aspectual time Past

Recently
Person Body functions

Breathe, breath
Person Life

Die
Person Life Die

Funeral
Person Life Die

Inherit
Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by birth

Birth order
Daily life Food Food preparation

Serve food
Physical actions Move Accompany

Follow
States Quantity

Count
States Time Period of time

Week
States Time Period of time

Month
States Time Period of time

Year
States Time Take time

Forever
States Time Relative time Right time

On time
States Time Relative time Right time

Late
States Time Aspectual time Future

Eventually
Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

And, also
Grammar Name

Name of a person

Conjugation last conjugation

How do you conjugate last?

last · verb

Examples last examples

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Simple sentences

Hungry and thirsty, we at last reached the inn.
Hurry up, or you will be late for the last train.
Last call!
We had a very good time last night.
Tom didn't have dinner last night.
At last, we reached California.
It happened last October.
The bill passed at the last moment.
The hospital opened last month.
The wedding was held last week.
How long will this battery last?
Do you remember when I saw you last?
I was just in time for the last train.
The last person I told my idea to thought I was nuts.
Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.
It has been so long since I last went to Disneyland with my family.
I started learning Chinese last week.
We went to London last year.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He who laughs last laughs best.
He who laughs last, laughs best.
He changed a lot since the last time.
It's been ten years since we last met.
Did you call me up last night?
You made the same mistake as last time.
Did you go out last night?

Movie subtitles

Stella from 'Last Concert?
Enough to last me a lifetime.
I was a student up until last week.
Until last week? Then, what are you now?
Um. today is my last day off, so I wanted to see what sort of place Area 11 is.
We tend to assume that our civilization, the one that's dominated the world for so long, will last for ever.
It's almost as if the clock is being wound back 600 years, to the last time China led the world.
Built by the Ming dynasty in the early 1 5th century, these awe-inspiring buildings are a reminder of the last time China was a global leader.
And as you can see, this was serious bricks and mortar, built to last.
In 1 644, the last Ming emperor hanged himself out of shame.
I. am Moroni, the last of my kind.
He got caught last week trying to rape a baby.
I'm sorry that I had a little, uh meltdown, last night.
While it's been a spectacular ride in the last decade to find these planets, most of them are giant planets.
Until last week?
Enjoy your dinner, last night?
We haven't seen the last of him.
It's the last one I'll ride.
Since you defeated me, you're the only person I can entrust with the weapons I used in the last 15 years of fighting you.
You're the only person I can entrust with the weapons I used to fight you these last 15 years.
The Arabs have refused to cooperate these last 20 years.
Next week, we'll be laying down the last railroad track. We're also inaugurating the new Blida station.
We are the last third.
You missed last week's appointment.
I'm the one who's been in prison this last year, and you're the one who's messed up.
Not after last time.
Can you guys believe that this is our last semester in high school?
And Frankie is the last guy you want to owe money to.
Hey. Listen, this is my last time.
Fortunately for you...we're not actually interested in what you did over the last few days.
That's the last time you do that.
I found the last one.
Do you remember anything from last night?
Last time, she hit and threw me.
He told me something very strange last time.
They also held a World Officers Sports Competition last year.
Last year they were also eliminated in the first round.
Last time, a dog came and ripped my cushion.
I'll do it. I've decided on that. Well, you said what comes first and last is important, so I'll do that considering myself being understanding and caring.
There was a change of ownership in Eunha Study Motel around last year.
How did you live in this kind of town? But then, it's a good thing you didn't meet that Young Master last time.

News and current affairs

Then something happened last spring: my sister Emily discovered that she had cancer and had a double mastectomy.
Eban's silence in the last years was not only a product of his disenchantment with Israeli politics or his failing health.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran began enriching uranium at a pilot centrifuge plant last August, and is constructing larger underground enrichment facilities.
Last October, Mohamed El Baradei, the head of the IAEA, announced that Iran had accepted enhanced inspection procedures.
Last year, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) issued a remarkable report on Ogoniland, a major ethnic homeland in the Niger Delta that has been at the epicenter of conflict between local communities and international oil.
Later, Maurice Obstfeld pointed out that, in addition to fiscal transfers, a currency union needs clearly defined rules for the lender of last resort.
Obstfeld had in mind a bailout mechanism for banks, but it is now abundantly clear that one also needs a lender of last resort and a bankruptcy mechanism for states and municipalities.
What should be of greater concern is the potential plight of countries in the last group.
The elections last November that brought the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power were preceded by a dispute between the members of the then-ruling coalition over enacting the reforms demanded by the EU.
The Europeans could have tipped the balance decisively in favor of the reformers by finally rewarding the efforts of the pro-EU Turks at last December's summit of EU leaders.
Last winter, America's central bank - the Federal Reserve - was busy patting itself on the back.
How long this state of affairs will last is unknown.
During the last two decades, consumption drove these countries' economic growth, reaching historically high GDP shares.
MUNICH - Under substantial external pressure, the eurozone's crisis-hit countries are, at long last, bringing themselves to make painful cuts in their government budgets.
Just last December, fellow economists Martin Feldstein and Nouriel Roubini each penned op-eds bravely questioning bullish market sentiment, sensibly pointing out gold's risks.
Many Germans today rightly feel that any system of fiscal transfers will morph into a permanent feeding tube, much the way that northern Italy has been propping up southern Italy for the last century.
LONDON - Last month, while in New York City, I happened to be staying in the same hotel as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Last week Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, and Gerhard Schroeder met in Berlin.
Finally, even rational people have become more receptive to certain conspiracy theories because, in the last eight years, we actually have seen some sophisticated conspiracies.
Or they can treat the crisis as a wake-up call to fix what debt has papered over in the last few decades.
There is also a little more confidence in the government's response and in financial regulation than there was at the end of last year.
Those negotiations should have begun seriously last year, but the war in Georgia intervened to put them on hold.
In Ireland, last autumn's financial crisis provoked a turnaround in public opinion about the EU, and even in Iceland, although it lies on the periphery of our continent, membership of the EU and the euro have become a priority.
PRAGUE - On Christmas Day last year, one of China's best-known human rights activists, the writer and university professor Liu Xiaobo, was condemned to 11 years in prison.
Last week Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, and Gerhard Schroeder met in Berlin. They departed pledging to revive Europe's growth.
Unlike former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori's daughter, who lost her presidential bid in Peru last month, Park is likely to defy her family's tragic history.

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