penultimate English

Meaning penultimate meaning

What does penultimate mean?

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penultimate Adjective

— If something is penultimate, it is in the second-to-last position in a series. Y is the penultimate letter in the alphabet.

penultimate

— adjective (= next-to-last) next to the last the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter the figures in the next-to-last column

— noun (= penult) the next to last syllable in a word

Synonyms penultimate synonyms

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penult

next-to-last

next to last

last but one

penultima

the last but one

second last

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• What words indicate that something is next to the last?
  next to the last the last but one penultimate