penultimate

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

pænultimate

1.
(UK, literary, not comparable)(UK, in US usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
2.
(not comparable)(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult.
3.
(not comparable, rare)(mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
4.
(not comparable, proscribed)pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
This Book is the Proud Purple Penultimate!!
This treatment, where two therapists massage the body using warm oils infused with plant extracts, is truly the penultimate experience.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

penultimatespænultimate

1.
(uncommon)A penult, a next to last, particularly:
Đồng nghĩa: penult

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

penultbutlastlast but onenext to lastnext-to-lastonesecond from lastsecond lastsecond to lastsecond-from-lastsecond-lastsecond-to-last

Trái nghĩa

Cùng gốc / liên quan

penultimatumprepenultimateantepenultimatepenultimately preantepenultimatepropenultimatepropreantepenultimatepeninitial

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Nguồn gốc từ

From paenultimus + -ate, from paene + ultimus. Equivalent to pene- + ultimate. Compare pénultième.