What is the meaning of next-to-last?

adjective

  • Next to the last.
    • usage: "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"
  • Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college.
    • usage: "the junior class"; "a third-year student"
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