last

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Coming after all others; final.

   December is the last month of the year.

2. 2
   adj

   Most recent; the one just before now.

   I saw that film last week.

3. 3
   adv

   After all others; at the end.

   She arrived last, after everyone else had sat down.

4. 4
   adj

   Least likely or least wanted.

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

Common collocations

• last name Adjective + noun
• last hope Adjective + noun
• last a month Verb + noun
• last stand Adjective + noun
• last breath Adjective + noun
• last easter Adjective + noun
• last thursday Adjective + noun
• last bastion Adjective + noun

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

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