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How to pronounce last in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms endure
Type of measure
Has types endure, run, run for, drag out, drag on, hold out, wear


The bad weather lasted for three days.
Type Words
Synonyms death
Type of ending, end


a struggle to the last.
Type Words
Synonyms finally, in conclusion, lastly


last, I'll discuss family values.
Type Words
Synonyms final


the arbiter will have the last say.
Type Words
Synonyms cobbler's last, shoemaker's last
Type of holding device
Type Words
Synonyms close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, stopping point
Type of end, ending
Type Words
Synonyms endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive
Has types stand up, hold water, hold up, live out, perennate
Verb group live, be, survive, subsist, exist


how long can a person last without food and water?.
Type Words
Synonyms concluding, final, terminal


the last days of the dinosaurs.
Type Words
Synonyms final, net


a last resort.
Type Words
Synonyms utmost


to the last measure of human endurance.
whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually.
Type Words
Synonyms last-place, lowest


last prize.
in last place.
Type Words
Synonyms end
Type of conclusion, ending, finish
Has types end game, homestretch, endgame, passing


I had to miss the last of the movie.
Type Words
Type of activity


he breathed his last.
Type Words
Type of cubature unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, capacity measure, volume unit, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubic content unit
Type Words
Type of weight unit, weight
Type Words


the last time I saw Paris.
the last day of the month.
had the last word.
waited until the last minute.
he raised his voice in a last supreme call.
the last game of the season.
down to his last nickel.
Type Words


last Thursday.
the last chapter we read.
Type Words


the last person we would have suspected.
the last man they would have chosen for the job.
Type Words


his last words.
the last rites.
Type Words
Type of rank


he was the last to leave.
he finished an inglorious last.

Examples of last

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Last December, it put $175 million into LivingSocial for a stake in the company.
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Last May, it purchased Associated Content for its crowdsourced content platform.
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I haven't spent a whole lot of time watching tape from the last couple of years.
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We had to beat Green Bay in the last game of the season to go into the playoffs.
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However, he said a family health issue last month caused him to change his mind.
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In the last five games, he has piled up 29 turnovers, just less than 6 per game.
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After getting 7 goals in the first seven games, Hossa has just 2 in his last 19.
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DiMaggio made $72,692 last year as prosecutor, according to the village website.
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A banged-up Big Ben ranks 27th among QBs in fantasy points the last three weeks.
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More examples
  • Persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
  • Last(a): immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
  • Most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
  • Stopping point: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
  • The item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
  • Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"
  • A last is a form in the rough shape of a human foot, which is used in shoemaking to provide the fit and style of a shoe. It is used by cordwainers or shoemakers in the manufacture or repair of shoes. ...
  • Last is a surname and may be:
  • A last was a medieval measure of gunpowder used mainly in England. It was defined by the English Ordnance Board as 24 barrels of gunpowder, each of 100lbs net weight.