Last

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Examples 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Antonyms 1.5.3 Translations 1.6 Noun 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 Related Terms 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Related terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 See also

English

Etymology

Old English last, latst, contraction of latest.

Pronunciation

• läst, /lɑːst/, /lA:st/

  Rhymes: -ɑːst

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Adjective

last (comparative: later, superlative: latest)

1. final; after everything else; relating to a thing which comes after all other things in a series

Synonyms

• at the end
• caboose
• final
• tail end
• terminal

Translations

• Dutch: laatste, afgelopen
• French: dernier m, dernière f
• Ido: lasta
• Italian: ultimo
• Latin: ultimus m
• Persian: آخَر (āxær)
• Polish: ostatni
• Portuguese: último
• Russian: последний
• Slovak: posledný m, posledná f, posledné n
• Slovene: poslednji m, zadnji m, končni m
• Spanish: último
• Swedish: sist (definitely the last), förra (the last sofar)

Examples

• last year

Adverb

last

1. after everything else
2. finally

   Last but not least

Synonyms

• finally
• lastly

Translations

• French: en dernier (1), finalement
• Slovak: naposledy (1), napokon (2)
• Slovene: poslednji m, zadnji m, končni m
• Swedish: sist (1), slutligen (2), (Last but not least = sist men inte minst)

Verb

to last (lasts, lasted, lasting)

1. endure, continue over time

Synonyms

• continue
• endure
• survive

Antonyms

• disintegrate
• dissipate
• fall apart
• wear out

Translations

• French: durer
• Ido: durar
• Slovene: trajati, obstati
• Spanish: durar
• Swedish: vara, fortfara

Noun

last (plural: lasts)

1. (obsolete): an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing 12 sacks or 2184 pounds.

   Quotations

   • 1866: The last of wool is twelve sacks. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 169.

Translations

• Slovak: trvaÅ¥

Related Terms

• everlasting
• lasting

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Danish

Noun

last

1. load

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Dutch

Noun

last

1. load

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Old English

Etymology

Descended from Germanic, along with the feminine variant lǣst. Cognate with Middle Dutch leest (Dutch leest), Old High German leist (German Leiste), Old Norse leist-r ‘foot, sock’ (Swedish, Danish läst).

Pronunciation

IPA: /la:st/

Noun

lāst m (pl lāstas)

1. footstep, track

Related terms

• lÇ£stan

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Swedish

Noun

last

Common
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	last	lasten	laster	lasterna
Genitive	lasts	lastens	lasters	lasternas

1. cargo
2. habit which is difficult to get rid of.

   Rökning var hans enda last

See also

• lasta (1)
• lastbil (1)
• vana (2)
• ovana (2)fr:last

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