Last

verb

læst

Adjective

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”
Similar:Utmost
lowest in rank or importance
“last prize”
“in last place”
Similar:Last-placeLowest
not to be altered or undone
“the arbiter will have the last say”
Similar:Final
occurring at or forming an end or termination
“the last days of the dinosaurs”
Similar:ConcludingFinal Terminal
conclusive in a process or progression
“a last resort”
Similar:Final Net
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”
immediately past
“last Thursday”
“the last chapter we read”
most unlikely or unsuitable
“the last person we would have suspected”
“the last man they would have chosen for the job”
occurring at the time of death
“his last words”
“the last rites”

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
“a struggle to the last”
Similar:Death
Type of:EndingEnd
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
“I had to miss the last of the movie”
Similar:End
Type of:ConclusionEndingFinish
the last or lowest in an ordering or series
“he was the last to leave”
“he finished an inglorious last”
Type of:Rank
a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
“he breathed his last”
Type of:Activity
holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
the temporal end; the concluding time
Similar:Close Conclusion Finale Finis Finish
Type of:EndEnding
a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
Type of:Weight

persist for a specified period of time
“The bad weather lasted for three days”
Similar:Endure
Type of:Measure
continue to live and avoid dying
“how long can a person last without food and water?”
Similar:EndureGoLive Survive