Definition/Meaning of last

• English - Adjective: last (not comparable) (not comparable) Final , ultimate , coming after all others of its kind. Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick. Will try to fix it by myself for now: as a last resort, we can always take it to a grease monkey. (not comparable) Most recent , latest , last so far. The last time I saw him, he was married. I have received your note dated the 17th…
• English - Determiner: last The (one) immediately before the present. We went there last year. I was last to go; you're next. (of days of the week or months of the year) 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. Where my…
• English - Adverb: last (not comparable) (not comparable) Most recently. When we last met, he was based in Toronto. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]: How long is't now since last yourself and I /…
• English - Verb: last (third-person singular simple present lasts, present participle lasting, simple past and past participle lasted) (intransitive) To endure , continue over time. Summer seems to last longer each year. They say this blizzard might last (for) days. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements. (intransitive, slang, of…
• English - Noun: last (plural lasts) 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 . 1605, [Thomas Heywood], If You Know Not Me, You Know No Bodie: Or, The Troubles of Queene Elizabeth, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot] for Nathaniel Butter, →OCLC, signature C2, verso: Shoomaker, you goe alittle beyond your laſt .…