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LAST

1. [n] a person''s dying act; the last thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"

2. [n] holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

3. [n] the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"

4. [n] a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

5. [n] a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

6. [n] the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"

7. [n] the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"

8. [n] 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"

9. [v] continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"

10. [v] persist or be long; in time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

11. [s] occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"

12. [s] lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"

13. [s] not to be altered or undone; "the judge''s decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"

14. [s] in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "knows the newest dances"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique"

15. [s] 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"

16. [a] 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

17. [s] 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"

18. [s] most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"

19. [s] conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"

20. [r] more recently than any other time; "I saw him last in London"

21. [r] the item at the end; "last, I''ll discuss family values"

similar words

1. [a] dying(a)

2. [a] worst

3. [a] unalterable

4. [a] inalterable

5. [a] fashionable

6. [a] stylish

7. [a] closing

8. [s] antepenultimate

9. [s] endmost

10. [s] terminal

11. [s] parting

12. [s] parthian

13. [s] penultimate

14. [s] next-to-last

15. [s] senior(a)

16. [s] fourth-year

17. [s] subterminal

18. [s] sunset(a)

19. [s] ultimate

20. [a] high

21. [a] unlikely

22. [a] ultimate

opposite words

1. [a] first

2. [a] intermediate

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