Last: Definition and part of speech

Last

  1. a. At a time next preceding the present time.
  2. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
  3. a. Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.
  4. a. Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
  5. a. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
  6. a. Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.
  7. a. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.
  8. a. At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.
  9. a. In conclusion; finally.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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