last

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled larst

US /læst/ UK /lɑːst/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like lest /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #166

Meanings

1

adj
Coming after all others; final.

December is the last month of the year.
2

adj
Most recent; the one just before now.

I saw that film last week.
3

adv
After all others; at the end.

She arrived last, after everyone else had sat down.
4

adj
Least likely or least wanted.

He was the last person I expected to see at the party.

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3 adv · after all others; at the end. finally

More continue endure lastly survive

Opposites

disintegrate dissipate

Word family

Forms lastedlasts

Derived forms ballastbelasteverlastforelastlaglastlast-bornlast-ditchlast-ditcherlast-gasplast-mentionedlast-minutelast-named

Related forms everlasting lasting

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last name
the family or surname

Adjective + noun
last hope
the only remaining chance of success or survival

Adjective + noun
last a month
to continue or endure for the duration of a month

Verb + noun
last stand
a final effort to resist defeat or overwhelming opposition

Adjective + noun
last breath
the final breath a person takes before dying

Adjective + noun
last easter
the most recent Easter before the present time or another reference point

Adjective + noun

Idioms (7)

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every last
all members or items in a group, with no exceptions at all
last but not least
final in order but no less important
famous last words
a confident prediction or claim that events soon prove completely wrong
have the last laugh
To succeed in the end after others have mocked, doubted, or opposed you.
last resort
the final option, used only when all others have failed
the last straw
The final small problem that makes a situation no longer tolerable.

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Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch leest * German Leisten * Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”) * Swedish läst

*leys- Proto-Indo-European lest Middle English lǣste Old English *laistiz Proto-Germanic *leys-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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# last

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, adv
**IPA (US):** /læst/
**IPA (UK):** /lɑːst/
**Frequency rank:** 166

## Meanings
1. Coming after all others; final.
2. Most recent; the one just before now.
3. After all others; at the end.
4. Least likely or least wanted.

## Examples
- December is the last month of the year.
- I saw that film last week.
- She arrived last, after everyone else had sat down.
- He was the last person I expected to see at the party.

## Synonyms
- continue
- endure
- lastly
- survive

## Antonyms
- disintegrate
- dissipate

## Derived Forms
- ballast
- belast
- everlast
- forelast
- laglast
- last-born
- last-ditch
- last-ditcher
- last-gasp
- last-mentioned
- last-minute
- last-named

## Related Forms
- everlasting
- lasting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *leys-
- Root: lest
- Root: lǣste
- Root: *laistiz
- Root: *leys-eh₂-

## Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch leest * German Leisten * Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”) * Swedish läst

## AI Etymology
Last is derived as a noun from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore. The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Dutch leest * German Leisten * Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”) * Swedish läst

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- Describing Qualities

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