Definition of the word last1

Pronunciation of vocabulary last1

last1noun

Last1

/lɑːst//læst/

Origin of the word last1

Word Originnoun Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late.

Example of vocabulary last1namespace

meaning

the person or thing that comes or happens after all other similar people or things

  • Sorry I'm late—am I the last?
  • They were the last to arrive.
meaning

the only part or items that remain of something

  • These are the last of our apples.
  • We finished the last of the milk at breakfast.
meaning

the latest

  • That was the last I heard of him.
meaning

the least likely

  • Known for their self-sufficiency, fishermen would be the last to admit to mental strain.

Idioms of vocabulary last1

at (long) last
after much delay, effort, etc.; in the end
  • At last we're home!
  • At long last the package arrived.
    • breathe your last
    (literary)to die
    from first to last
    from beginning to end; during the whole time
  • It's a fine performance that commands attention from first to last.
    • hear/see the last of somebody/something
    to hear/see somebody/something for the last time
  • That was the last I ever saw of her.
  • Unfortunately, I don't think we've heard the last of this affair.
    • the last I heard
    used to give the most recent news you have about somebody/something
  • The last I heard he was still working at the garage.
    • next/second to last
    the one before the last one
  • She finished second to last.
    • to/till the last
    until the last possible moment, especially until death
  • He died protesting his innocence to the last.

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