What does “last” mean?
- 1
adjectivecoming after all others
December is the last month of the year.
- 2
adjectivemost recent; the one before this
I saw her last week.
- 3
verbto continue for a period of time
The meeting lasted two hours.
Last at a glance
- Part of speech
- adjective & verb
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /læst/ · LAST
How to use “last” correctly
Don’t use “the” or “in” with “last” + time: “last year”, not “in the last year” (which means the past twelve months).
Common phrases with “last”
- last night
- at last
- the last time
- last long
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Word family
- lasting
- lastly
Idioms with “last”
- The last straw: The final problem that makes a situation impossible to accept any longer.
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