last

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Old English latost

Adjective [edit]

last (not comparable)

  1. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
    Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick.
  2. Most recent, latest, last so far.
    The last time I saw him, he was married.
    (archaic usage) I have received your note dated the 17th last, and am responding to say that....
  3. Least preferable.
    The last person I want to meet is Helen.
    More rain is the last thing we need right now.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
Final
Most recent
Least preferable

Determiner [edit]

last

  1. The (one) immediately before the present.
    Last night the moon was full.
    We went there last year.
    Last Tuesday was Hallowe'en.
    (Discuss(+) this sense) Last time we talked about this was in January.
  2. (of a day of the week) Closest to seven days (one week) ago.
    The party was last Tuesday; that is, not this yesterday, but eight days ago.
Usage notes [edit]
  • (both senses): This cannot be used in past or future tense to refer to a time immediately before the subject matter. For example, one does not say I was very tired yesterday, due to not having slept well last night: last night in that sentence refers to the night before the speaker is speaking, not the night before the "yesterday" to which he refers. He would need to say I was very tired yesterday, due to not having slept well the night before or the like.

Adverb [edit]

last (not comparable)

  1. most recently
    When we last met, he was based in Toronto.
  2. (sequence) after everything else; finally
    I'll go last.
    last but not least
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
after everything else
finally

Etymology 2 [edit]

Old English lǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną. Cognate with German leisten (“yield”).

Verb [edit]

last (third-person singular simple present lasts, present participle lasting, simple past and past participle lasted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To perform, carry out.
  2. (intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
    Summer seems to last longer each year.
    They seems happy now, but that won't last long.
  3. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
    I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.
Synonyms [edit]
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Antonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
endure, continue over time
to hold out
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Etymology 3 [edit]

Various lasts, circa 1930.

Old English læste.

Noun [edit]

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  1. a tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes
    • 2006, Newman, Cathy, Every Shoe Tells a Story, National Geographic (September, 2006), 83,
      How is an in-your-face black leather thigh-high lace-up boot with a four-inch spike heel like a man's black calf lace-up oxford? They are both made on a last, the wood or plastic foot-shaped form that leather is stretched over and shaped to make a shoe.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
tool

Verb [edit]

last (third-person singular simple present lasts, present participle lasting, simple past and past participle lasted)

  1. To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.
    to last a boot

Etymology 4 [edit]

From Middle English last, from Old English hlæst (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Indo-European *klā- (“to put, lay out”). Cognate with West Frisian lêst, Dutch last, German Last, Swedish last, Icelandic lest.

Noun [edit]

last (plural lasts)

  1. (obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
  2. (obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
    • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 114:
      Now we so quietly followed our businesse, that in three moneths wee made three or foure Last of Tarre, Pitch, and Sope ashes [...].
    • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, page 169,
      The last of wool is twelve sacks.
  3. (obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
  4. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
Translations [edit]
An old English measure of weight
An old English and Dutch measure of the carrying capacity of a ship

Statistics [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Danish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /last/, [lasd̥]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle Low German last.

Noun [edit]

last c (singular definite lasten, plural indefinite laster)

  1. cargo
  2. cargo hold, hold (cargo area)
  3. weight, burden
Inflection [edit]
    Inflection of last
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative last lasten laster lasterne
genitive lasts lastens lasters lasternes
Synonyms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old Norse lǫstr

Noun [edit]

last c (singular definite lasten, plural indefinite laster)

  1. vice
Inflection [edit]
    Inflection of last
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative last lasten laster lasterne
genitive lasts lastens lasters lasternes

Etymology 3 [edit]

See laste (“to load, carry”) and laste (“to blame”).

Verb [edit]

last

  1. imperative of laste

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Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hlastiz, from *hlaþ- (stem of *hlaþaną, Dutch laden) + *-tiz.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

last m (plural lasten, diminutive lastje)

  1. expense
  2. load, burden
  3. hindrance, problem

Derived terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

last

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of lassen
  2. plural imperative of lassen

Anagrams [edit]

German [edit]

Verb [edit]

last

  1. Second-person singular preterite of lesen.
  2. Second-person plural preterite of lesen.

Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *laistaz, along with the feminine variant lǣst. Cognate with Middle Dutch leest (Dutch leest), Old High German leist (German Leiste), Old Norse leist-r (“foot, sock”) (Swedish läst, Danish läst).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /laːst/

Noun [edit]

lāst m (nominative plural lāstas)

  1. footstep, track

Related terms [edit]

Slovene [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Proto-Slavic *volstь

Noun [edit]

last f

  1. property

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

last c

  1. cargo
  2. load; a burden
  3. load; a certain amount that can be processed at one time
  4. (engineering) load; a force on a structure
  5. (electical engineering) load; any component that draws current or power
  6. habit which is difficult to get rid of, vice
    Rökning var hans enda last

Declension [edit]

Declension of last
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative last lasten laster lasterna
genitive lasts lastens lasters lasternas

See also [edit]

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