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- 1 Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. not-comparable
"Will try to fix it by myself for now: as a last resort, we can always take it to a grease monkey."
- 2 Most recent, latest, last so far. not-comparable
"The last time I saw him, he was married."
- 3 Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. not-comparable
"He is the last person to be accused of theft."
- 4 Being the only one remaining of its class. not-comparable
"Japan is the last empire."
- 5 Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. not-comparable
"Contending for principles of the last importance."
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- 6 Lowest in rank or degree. not-comparable
"Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher."
- 1 occurring at the time of death wordnet
- 2 lowest in rank or importance wordnet
- 3 not to be altered or undone wordnet
- 4 occurring at or forming an end or termination wordnet
- 5 coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining wordnet
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- 6 highest in extent or degree wordnet
- 7 most unlikely or unsuitable wordnet
- 8 conclusive in a process or progression wordnet
- 9 immediately past wordnet
- 1 Most recently. not-comparable
"When we last met, he was based in Toronto."
- 2 after everything else; finally not-comparable, sequence
"As I arrived last of all, I'll go last to add the butter last."
- 1 most recently wordnet
- 2 the item at the end wordnet
- 1 The (one) immediately before the present.
"We went there last year."
- 2 Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
"It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago."
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.
"I muſt to the learned to learne of them, that's as much to ſay, as the Taylor muſt meddle vvith his Laſte, the Shoomaker vvith his needle, the Painter vvith his nets, and the Fiſher vvith his Penſill, I muſt to the learned."
- 2 A burden; load; a cargo; freight. obsolete
- 3 a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do wordnet
- 4 A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned. obsolete
"Now we so quietly followed our businesse, that in three moneths wee made three or foure Last of Tarre, Pitch, and Sope ashes [...]."
- 5 holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes wordnet
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- 6 An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons. obsolete
"1942 (1601), T D Mutch, The First Discovery of Australia, page 14, The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten."
- 7 the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence wordnet
- 8 A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
- 9 a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels wordnet
- 10 a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds wordnet
- 11 the last or lowest in an ordering or series wordnet
- 12 the time at which life ends; continuing until dead wordnet
- 13 the temporal end; the concluding time wordnet
- 1 To endure, continue over time. intransitive
"Summer seems to last longer each year."
- 2 To shape (an item of footwear such as a boot or shoe) during its manufacture or repair while it is placed on a last (noun etymology 3 sense 1). transitive
"to last a boot"
- 3 continue to live and avoid dying wordnet
- 4 To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. intransitive
"I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements."
- 5 persist for a specified period of time wordnet
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- 6 To purposefully refrain from orgasm intransitive, slang
- 7 To perform, carry out. obsolete, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest.
From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest.
From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest.
From Middle English lasten, from Old English lǣstan, from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan, from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną. Cognate with German leisten (“yield”).
The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch leest * German Leisten * Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”) * Swedish läst
The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch leest * German Leisten * Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”) * Swedish läst
From Middle English last, from Old English hlæst (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Cognate with West Frisian lêst, Dutch last, German Last, Swedish last, Icelandic lest.
Various origins: * English metonymic occupational surname for a cobbler, from last (“a tool for shaping shoes”). Compare Laster. * Also as an English surname, from the adjective last. * Borrowed from Dutch and German Last, an occupational surname for a porter (see the German entry below).
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