last - Meaning in Konkani

last - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of last in English

last adjective

1. immediately past

   Examples

   • "last Thursday"
   • "the last chapter we read"
2. conclusive in a process or progression

   Examples

   • "a last resort"
   • "the final answer"
   • "the net result"
3. most unlikely or unsuitable

   Examples

   • "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
   • "the last person we would have suspected"
4. highest in extent or degree

   Examples

   • "to the last measure of human endurance"
   • "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
5. coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

   Examples

   • "down to his last nickel"
   • "had the last word"
   • "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"
   • "the last day of the month"
   • "the last game of the season"
   • "the last time I saw Paris"
   • "waited until the last minute"
6. occurring at or forming an end or termination

   Synonyms

   terminal

   Examples

   • "his concluding words came as a surprise"
   • "terminal leave"
   • "the final chapter"
   • "the last days of the dinosaurs"
7. not to be altered or undone

   Examples

   • "the arbiter will have the last say"
   • "the judge's decision is final"
8. lowest in rank or importance

   Examples

   • "in last place"
   • "last prize"
9. occurring at the time of death

   Examples

   • "his last words"
   • "the last rites"

last abverb

1. the item at the end

   Example

   • "last, I'll discuss family values"
2. most recently

   Example

   • "I saw him last in London"

last noun

1. the temporal end; the concluding time

   Examples

   • "the market was up at the finish"
   • "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"
   • "they were playing better at the close of the season"
2. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

   Examples

   • "a struggle to the last"
   • "she stayed until his death"
3. the last or lowest in an ordering or series

   Examples

   • "he finished an inglorious last"
   • "he was the last to leave"
4. a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
5. a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
6. the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence

   Examples

   • "I had to miss the last of the movie"
   • "the end was exciting"
7. holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
8. a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do

   Example

   • "he breathed his last"

last verb

1. persist for a specified period of time

   Example

   • "The bad weather lasted for three days"
2. continue to live and avoid dying

   Examples

   • "how long can a person last without food and water?"
   • "One crash victim died, the other lived"
   • "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"
   • "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"
   • "We went without water and food for 3 days"

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