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noun
  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"
    stopping point  finale  finis  finish  last  conclusion  close 
  2. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
    "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
    death  last 
  3. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
    "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
    end  last  final stage 
  4. a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
    "he breathed his last"
    last 
  5. a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
    last 
  6. a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
    last 
  7. the last or lowest in an ordering or series
    "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
    last 
adjective
  1. 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"
    concluding  final  last  terminal 
  2. conclusive in a process or progression
    "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
    final  last  net 
  3. not to be altered or undone
    "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
    final  last 
  4. 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"
    last 
  5. occurring at the time of death
    "his last words"; "the last rites"
    last 
  6. 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"
    last  utmost 
  7. immediately past
    "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
    last 
  8. most unlikely or unsuitable
    "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
    last 
  9. lowest in rank or importance
    "last prize"; "in last place"
    last  last-place  lowest 
verb
  1. 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?"
    survive  last  live  live on  go  endure  hold up  hold out 
  2. persist for a specified period of time
    "The bad weather lasted for three days"
    last  endure 
adverb
  1. the item at the end
    "last, I'll discuss family values"
    last  lastly  in conclusion  finally  last  lastly  in conclusion  finally 
  2. most_recently
    "I saw him last in London"
    last  last 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University

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