Last Definition
- final one
- terminal one
- ending
- last one
- tail end
- wrap-up
- wind-up
- termination
- close
- conclusion
- end
- finish
- finale
- get-rid-of
- dispose of
- After a considerable length of time; finally.
- After a lengthy or troublesome wait or delay:
At long last the winter was over.
- after a long time; finally
- at the latest possible time or opportunity; just before it is too late
- to see (or hear, etc.) for the last time
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Last
- at last
- at long last
- at long last
- at the last minute (or moment, second, etc.)
- see (or hear, etc.) the last of
- stick to one's last
Origin of Last
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From Middle English last, from Old English hlæst (“burden, load, freight"), from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz (“burden, load, freight"), from Proto-Indo-European *klehâ‚‚- (“to put, lay out"). Cognate with West Frisian lêst, Dutch last, German Last, Swedish last, Icelandic lest.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English leste, laste from Old English lǣste from lǣst, lāst sole of the foot leis-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English latost superlative of læt late lē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old English lÇ£stan, from Proto-Germanic *laistijanÄ…. Cognate with German leisten (“yield").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English lasten from Old English lǣstan leis-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English load, a kind of measure from Old English hlæst load
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English latost
From Wiktionary
Old English læste.
From Wiktionary
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