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adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
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.
- 2.
(not comparable)Most recent, latest, last so far.
The last time I saw him, he was married.
I have received your note dated the 17th last, and am responding to say that[…]
- 3.
(not comparable)Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
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.
- 4.
(not comparable)Being the only one remaining of its class.
Japan is the last empire.
- 5.
(not comparable)Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
- 6.
(not comparable)Lowest in rank or degree.
Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher.
determiner
determiner- 1.
The (one) immediately before the present.
We went there last year.
I was last to go; you're next.
- 2.
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago.
When you say last Monday, do you mean the Monday just gone, or the one before that?
Where my brother had stood last night, I now stood.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)Most recently.
When we last met, he was based in Toronto.
- 2.
(not comparable, sequence)after everything else; finally
As I arrived last of all, I'll go last to add the butter last.
last but not least
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To endure, continue over time.
Summer seems to last longer each year.
They seem happy now, but that won't last long.
They say this blizzard might last (for) days.
- 2.
(intransitive)To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.
- 3.
(intransitive, slang)(intransitive, slang, of a man) To purposefully refrain from orgasm
- 4.
(obsolete, transitive)To perform, carry out.
- 5.
(transitive)(transitive, shoemaking) To shape (an item of footwear such as a boot or shoe) during its manufacture or repair while it is placed on a last (noun etymology 3, noun sense 1).
to last a boot
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(shoemaking) A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.
- 2.
(obsolete)A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
- 3.
(obsolete)A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
- 4.
(obsolete)An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
1942 (1601), T D Mutch, The First Discovery of Australia, page 14, The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten.
- 5.
A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
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From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest, both ultimately from Old English latost. latest.