Definition for: last

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English

Pronunciation

• ( UK ) läst, /lɑːst/, / lA:st /
• ( US ) lăst, /læst/, / l{st /

  Rhymes: -ɑːst

Etymology

Old English latost

Adjective

last ( comparative : later, superlative : latest)

1. final; after everything else; relating to a thing which comes after all other things in a series

Synonyms

• at the end
• caboose
• final
• tail end
• terminal

Translations

Adverb

last

1. after everything else
2. finally

   Last but not least

Synonyms

• finally
• lastly

Translations

Etymology

Old English læstan

Verb

to last (lasts, lasted, lasting)

1. endure, continue over time

Synonyms

• continue
• endure
• survive

Antonyms

• disintegrate
• dissipate
• fall apart
• wear out

Translations

Etymology

Old English læste

Noun

last

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.

Etymology

Old English hlæst

Noun

last ( plural: lasts )

1. (obsolete): an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing 12 sacks or 2184 pounds.

   Quotations

   • 1866 : The last of wool is twelve sacks. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 169.

Translations

Related terms

• everlasting
• lasting

Anagrams

• slat

Danish

Noun

last

1. load

Dutch

Noun

last

1. load

Old English

Etymology

Descended from Germanic, 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, Danish läst).

Pronunciation

IPA: /la:st/

Noun

lāst m . ( pl . : lāstas )

1. footstep, track

Related terms

• lǣstan

Slovene

Etymology

Common Slavic volst

Noun

last f .

1. property

Swedish

Noun

last

1. cargo
2. habit which is difficult to get rid of.

   Rökning var hans enda last

See also

• lasta (1)
• lastbil (1)
• vana (2)
• ovana (2)

Other Translations for "last"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		.-.. .- ... -
Binary		1101100 1100001 1110011 1110100
Hex		6C617374
Pig Latin		astlay

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