last (
http://definr.com/last)
adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we
read" [syn:
last(a)]
2: 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" [ant:
intermediate,
first]
3: 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" [syn:
concluding,
final,
terminal]
4: more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence;
"these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the
book"; "latter (or later) part of the 18th century" [syn:
later(a),
last(a),
latter(a)]
5: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
"a last resort"; "the net result" [syn:
final,
net]
6: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have
suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the
job"
7: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last
rites"
8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is
final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn:
final]
9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
[syn:
last-place,
lowest]
10: 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" [syn:
utmost]
11: in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears
only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear";
"knows the newest dances"; "up-to-date technology" [syn:
latest,
newest,
up-to-date]
n 1: 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" [syn:
stopping point,
finale,
finis,
finish,
conclusion,
close]
2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the
last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
3: a person's dying act; the last thing a person can do; "he
breathed his last"
4: the end of life; continuing until dead; "he bled to death";
"a struggle to the last" [syn:
death]
5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
6: (British) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence: "the end was
exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn:
end,
final stage]
8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to
fashion or repair shoes [syn:
shoemaker's last, {cobbler's
last}]
adv 1: more recently than any other time; "I saw him last in
London" [syn:
most recently]
2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
[syn:
lastly,
in conclusion,
finally]
v 1: be long; in time [syn:
endure]
2: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These
superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The
racecar driver lived through several very serious
accidents" [syn:
survive,
live,
live on,
go,
endure,
hold up,
hold out]
3: persist or continue; "The rains lasted four days"