What is the meaning of last?

noun

• The temporal end; the concluding time.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, conclusion, close
• The last or lowest in an ordering or series.
  • usage: "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
• A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do.
  • usage: "he breathed his last"
• The time at which life ends; continuing until dead.
  • usage: "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
  • synonyms: death
• A unit of weight equal to 4, 000 pounds.
• A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels.
• The concluding parts of an event or occurrence.
  • usage: "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
  • synonyms: end, final stage
• Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes.
  • synonyms: shoemaker's last, cobbler's last

verb

• Persist for a specified period of time.
  • usage: "The bad weather lasted for three days"
  • synonyms: endure
• Continue to live through hardship or adversity.
  • usage: "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water"
  • synonyms: survive, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

adjective

• Immediately past.
  • usage: "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
• Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining.
  • usage: "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"
• Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
  • usage: "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
  • synonyms: concluding, final, terminal
• Most unlikely or unsuitable.
  • usage: "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
• Occurring at the time of death.
  • usage: "his last words"; "the last rites"
• Conclusive in a process or progression.
  • usage: "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
  • synonyms: final, net
• Highest in extent or degree.
  • usage: "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was... To be determined individually"
  • synonyms: utmost
• Not to be altered or undone.
  • usage: "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
  • synonyms: final
• Lowest in rank or importance.
  • usage: "last prize"; "in last place"
  • synonyms: last-place, lowest

adverb

• Most_recently.
  • usage: "I saw him last in London"
• The item at the end.
  • usage: "last, I'll discuss family values"
  • synonyms: lastly, in conclusion, finally