Definition of last1

last1noun

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/lɑːst//læst/

Word Originnoun Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late.

namespace

the person or thing that comes or happens after all other similar people or things

Example:
  • Sorry I'm late—am I the last?
  • They were the last to arrive.

the only part or items that remain of something

Example:
  • These are the last of our apples.
  • We finished the last of the milk at breakfast.

the latest

Example:
  • That was the last I heard of him.

the least likely

Example:
  • Known for their self-sufficiency, fishermen would be the last to admit to mental strain.

Idioms

at (long) last
after much delay, effort, etc.; in the end
  • At last we're home!
  • At long last the package arrived.
    • breathe your last
    (literary)to die
    from first to last
    from beginning to end; during the whole time
  • It's a fine performance that commands attention from first to last.
    • hear/see the last of somebody/something
    to hear/see somebody/something for the last time
  • That was the last I ever saw of her.
  • Unfortunately, I don't think we've heard the last of this affair.
    • the last I heard
    used to give the most recent news you have about somebody/something
  • The last I heard he was still working at the garage.
    • next/second to last
    the one before the last one
  • She finished second to last.
    • to/till the last
    until the last possible moment, especially until death
  • He died protesting his innocence to the last.