last
What is the Definition of last?
Noun:
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
Verb:
Adjective:
- immediately past
- coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- most unlikely or unsuitable
- occurring at the time of death
- conclusive in a process or progression
- highest in extent or degree
- not to be altered or undone
- lowest in rank or importance
Adverb:
- most recently
- the item at the end
How can I use last in a sentence?
Harry watched, careful not to blink in case he missed it — but just as the boy reached the dividing barrier between the two platforms, a large crowd of tourists came swarming in front of him and by the time the last backpack had cleared away, the boy had vanished.
He walked over the damp grass, reliving the last hour in his head, which was a happy blur: Gryffindors running to lift him onto their shoulders; Ron and Hermione in the distance, jumping up and down, Ron cheering through a heavy nosebleed.
He put the bottle down and walked forward; he braced himself, saw the black flames licking his body, but could not feel them — for a moment he could see nothing but dark fire — then he was on the other side, in the last chamber.
When Dudley had been put to bed, he went into the living room in time to catch the last report on the evening news: And finally, bird-watchers everywhere have reported that the nation's owls have been behaving very unusually today.
All the same, he would have gambled twelve Sorcerer's Stones that Snape had just left the room, and from what Harry had just heard, Snape would be walking with a new spring in his step — Quirrell seemed to have given in at last.
Other meanings of last (synonyms, cognates).
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