English dictionary definition of:

last


Noun

  • a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
  • holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
  • the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
  • a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
  • a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
  • the last or lowest in an ordering or series
  • the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
  • the temporal end; the concluding time

Verb

  • continue to live through hardship or adversity
  • persist for a specified period of time

Adjective

  • occurring at the time of death
  • lowest in rank or importance
  • not to be altered or undone
  • occurring at or forming an end or termination
  • coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
  • highest in extent or degree
  • most unlikely or unsuitable
  • conclusive in a process or progression
  • immediately past

Adverb

  • most_recently
  • the item at the end

Thesaurus

close concluding conclusion death end endure final finale finally finis finish go last-place lastly live lowest net survive terminal utmost

Spellzone course content

View spelling list Other ways of spelling the ar sound and learn about the word last in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 10. Spelling choices for /ar/ sound; ar, a.

Scrabble score for last


Scrabble score = 4

generated at 21:22:26 on 17-01-20

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