Meaning of last | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Last, final.
2. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
   not-comparable
3. Most recent, latest, last so far.
   not-comparable
4. After a considerable length of time; finally.
5. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
   not-comparable
6. After a lengthy or troublesome wait or delay: At long last the winter was over.
7. Being the only one remaining of its class.
   not-comparable
8. A block or form shaped like a human foot and used in making or repairing shoes.
9. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
   not-comparable
10. To mold or shape on a last.
11. Lowest in rank or degree.
    not-comparable
12. A unit of volume or weight varying for different commodities and in different districts, equal to about 80 bushels, 640 gallons, or 2 tons.
13. A foot-shaped piece of iron that could be mounted upside down on a pedestal (last stand) about two feet high. A shoe placed on the “foot” was held in the right position for a sole to be nailed to the shoe. When the nails hit the metal last they were turned back toward the sole and thus were clinched. (Shoe nails were specially designed, and often called “clinch” nails.) Also, see Shoe peg. Since only the front half of a shoe sole usually wore out, only a half-sole was added. Such half-soles w...
14. In conclusion:conclusively, finally, lastly.
15. The last part:close, conclusion, end, ending, finale, finish, termination, wind-up, wrap-up.
16. at the end of or after all the others. He took his turn last. laaste آخر واحَد последно por último nakonec zuletzt til sidst; til slut στο τέλος, μετά τους άλλους en último lugar viimasena آخرین viimeisenä en dernierאחרון सबसे बाद में, अन्तिम बार na kraju utoljára akhirnya síðastur, seinastur per ultimo* 最後に 최후에 paskiausiai beigās terakhir aan het eind sist na końcu روستى por último la urmă в конце; после всех nakoniec nazadnje poslednji sist คนสุดท้าย en son, son olarak; sonda 最後 після всіх ...
17. finally. Lastly, I would like to thank you all for listening so patiently to what I have been saying. laastens أخيرا، في النِّهايَه най-накрая por fim nakonec zuletzt til sidst; til slut τέλος, κλείνοντας por último, finalmente lõpuks بالاخره lopuksi enfin לְבַסוֹף अंत में konačno végezetül akhirnya að lokum infine 終わりに 마지막으로 galiausiai beidzot akhir sekali ten slotte til sist/slutt wreszcie, na koniec بالاخره،ورسته por fim în final; în ultimul rând в заключение nakoniec nazadnje na kraju til...

Equivalents

Examples

“Will try to fix it by myself for now: as a last resort, we can always take it to a grease monkey.”

“Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick.”

“Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.”

“The last time I saw him, he was married.”

“I have received your note dated the 17th last, and am responding to say that[…]”

“She told him the last news about little Georgy, and how he was gone to spend that very day with his sisters in the country.”

“In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year.”

“He is the last person to be accused of theft.”

“The last person I want to meet is Helen.”

“More rain is the last thing we need right now.”

“Japan is the last empire.”

“Contending for principles of the last importance.”

“Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher.”

“In one word then, unless I could unfold the mystery, I will not wish you to consider me but as the last and lowest of mankind.”

“The whole community from the patrician master to the last beggar knew that in the five months when the generous bosom of the steppe throbbed with creative life, they must toil for the subsistence of all […]”

“Lesser, but still important executives had offices without corner windows. The rank below this had offices without windows at all. […] The last rank had desks out in an open room.”

“Russia is a very different place than here. […] Even the last soldier knows who Malevich was, and what the Black Square is, since they were taught this in school.”

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