last

last

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: läst, IPA(key): /lɑːst/
  • (General American) enPR: lăst, IPA(key): /læst/
  • (Northern England, Canada) IPA(key): /last/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɫast/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːst, -æst

Etymology 1

From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest.

Adjective

last (not comparable)

  1. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
  2. Most recent, latest, last so far.
  3. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
  4. Being the only one remaining of its class.
  5. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
  6. Lowest in rank or degree.
Synonyms
  • (final): rear, rearmost, caboose, dernier (dated), final, terminal, ultimate, lattermost; ("the last one"): at the end, on the tail end
  • (most recent): latest, most recent
Derived terms
Translations

Determiner

last

  1. The (one) immediately before the present.
  2. (of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
Usage notes
  • (both senses): This cannot be used in past or future tense to refer to a time immediately before the subject matter. For example, one does not say I was very tired yesterday, due to not having slept well last night: last night in that sentence refers to the night before the speaker is speaking, not the night before the "yesterday" to which he refers. He would need to say I was very tired yesterday, due to not having slept well the night before or the like.
Translations

Adverb

last (not comparable)

  1. Most recently.
  2. (sequence) after everything else; finally
Synonyms
  • (after everything else): finally, lastly; see also Thesaurus:lastly
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lasten, from Old English lǣstan, from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan, from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną. Cognate with German leisten (“yield”).

Verb

last (third-person singular simple present lasts, present participle lasting, simple past and past participle lasted)

  1. (intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
  2. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
  3. (intransitive, slang, of a man) To purposefully refrain from orgasm
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To perform, carry out.
Synonyms
  • continue
  • endure
  • survive
Antonyms
  • disintegrate
  • dissipate
  • fall apart
  • wear out
Related terms
  • everlasting
  • lasting
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old English lǣste, Proto-Germanic *laistiz. Compare Swedish läst, German Leisten Dutch leest, Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”).

Noun

last (plural lasts)

  1. A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.
    • 2006, Newman, Cathy, Every Shoe Tells a Story, National Geographic (September, 2006), 83,
      How is an in-your-face black leather thigh-high lace-up boot with a four-inch spike heel like a man's black calf lace-up oxford? They are both made on a last, the wood or plastic foot-shaped form that leather is stretched over and shaped to make a shoe.
Derived terms
  • cobbler, keep to your last
  • stick to one's last
Translations

Verb

last (third-person singular simple present lasts, present participle lasting, simple past and past participle lasted)

  1. To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.

Etymology 4

From Middle English last, from Old English hlæst (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Cognate with West Frisian lêst, Dutch last, German Last, Swedish last, Icelandic lest.

Noun

last (plural lasts or lasten)

  1. (obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
  2. (obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
  3. (obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
    • 1942 (1601), T D Mutch, The First Discovery of Australia, page 14,
      The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten.
  4. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
Derived terms
  • belast
  • ballast
Translations

Further reading

  • “last”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • last (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • last on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Alts, LTAs, SALT, Salt, TLAs, alts, lats, salt, slat

Chinese

Etymology

From English last.

Pronunciation 1

Adjective

last

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) last (final; ultimate)

Pronunciation 2

Verb

last

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to last (to endure)

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /last/, [lasd̥]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German last, from the verb laden (“to transport”), from Old Saxon hladan.

Noun

last c (singular definite lasten, plural indefinite laster)

  1. cargo
  2. cargo hold, hold (cargo area)
  3. weight, burden
Inflection
Synonyms
  • (cargo): ladning
  • (hold): lastrum

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lǫstr, from the root of Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to reproach, blame”), see also Old High German lastar (“vice”).

Noun

last c (singular definite lasten, plural indefinite laster)

  1. vice
Inflection

Etymology 3

See laste (“to load, carry”) and laste (“to blame”).

Verb

last

  1. imperative of laste

Further reading

  • last on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑst/
  • Rhymes: -ɑst

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch last, from Old Dutch *last, from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz. Equivalent to laden (“to load”) +‎ -st (“verbal noun”).

Noun

last m (plural lasten, diminutive lastje n)

  1. load, weight
  2. burden
  3. hindrance, problem
  4. expense
  5. (law) requirement, duty
  6. (dated) a measure of volume, 3 cubic meter
Derived terms
  • belasten
  • lastdrager
  • last hebben van
  • lastpost
  • ten laste leggen
  • vaste last
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: last

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

last

  1. inflection of lassen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Anagrams

  • stal

Estonian

Noun

last (genitive lasti, partitive lasti)

  1. cargo

Declension

Noun

last

  1. partitive singular of laps

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /last/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lǫstr, from the root of Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to reproach, blame”), see also Old High German lastar (“vice”).

Noun

last f (genitive singular lastar, plural lastir)

  1. vice
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German last, from the verb lāden (“to load”), from Old Saxon hladan.

Noun

last f (genitive singular lastar, plural lastir)

  1. cargo
  2. cargo hold, hold (cargo area)
Inflection

German

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːst/

Verb

last

  1. second-person singular preterite of lesen
    Synonym: lasest
  2. second-person plural preterite of lesen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /last/

Verb

last

  1. Alternative form of laste
    1. imperative singular of lasten
    2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of lasten

Icelandic

Etymology

See löstur (“fault, vice, reprehensible action”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /last/
  • Rhymes: -ast

Noun

last n (genitive singular lasts, no plural)

  1. blame

Declension

Synonyms

  • (blame): baktal

Derived terms

  • guðlast (“blasphemy”)

Related terms

  • lasta (“to blame”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *last, from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz.

Noun

last m or f or n

  1. load, weight
  2. task, duty, obligation
  3. tax (money)
  4. (emotional) difficulty, sorrow
  5. a unit of volume

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: last
  • ( Afrikaans: las
  • Limburgish: las

Further reading

  • “last”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “last”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German last.

Noun

last f or m (definite singular lasta or lasten, indefinite plural laster, definite plural lastene)

  1. a load or cargo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

last

  1. imperative of laste

References

  • “last” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German last.

Noun

last f or m (definite singular lasta or lasten, indefinite plural laster or lastar, definite plural lastene or lastane)

  1. a load or cargo

Derived terms

References

  • “last” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laist, along with the feminine variant lǣst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑːst/

Noun

lāst m (nominative plural lāstas)

  1. footstep, track

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

  • feorhlāst (“trail of blood”)
  • wræclāst (“path of exile”)

Related terms

  • lǣstan
  • lastword

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀstís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /láːst/

Noun

lȃst f

  1. property

Inflection

Further reading

  • “last”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /last/
  • Rhymes: -ast

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German last, from the verb lāden (“to load”), from Old Saxon hladan.

Noun

last c

  1. cargo
  2. load; a burden
  3. load; a certain amount that can be processed at one time
  4. (engineering) load; a force on a structure
  5. (electrical engineering) load; any component that draws current or power
Declension
Derived terms
See also
  • (cargo): lasta, lastbil
  • (habit): vana, ovana

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish laster (Old Icelandic lǫstr), from Old Norse löstr, from the root of Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to reproach, blame”), see also Old High German lastar (“vice”).

Noun

last c

  1. habit which is difficult to get rid of, vice
Declension
Derived terms
  • lastgammal

Anagrams

  • lats, salt, stal, tals

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