last

Definition

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Will try to fix it by myself for now: as a last resort, we can always take it to a grease monkey."
• "Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick."
• "Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."