- after anyone or anything else; at the end
- He came last in the race.
- They arrived last of all.
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- most recently
- When did you see him last?
- I saw him last/I last saw him in New York two years ago.
- They last won the cup in 2006.
Word Originadverb Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late.
Idioms
See last in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee last in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishfirst and last
- in every way that is important; completely
- She regarded herself, first and last, as a musician.
he who laughs last laughs longest
- (saying) used to tell somebody not to be too proud of their present success; in the end another person may be more successfulTopics Successc2
last but not least
- used when mentioning the last person or thing of a group, in order to say that they are not less important than the others
- Last but not least, I'd like to thank all the catering staff.
last in, first out
- used, for example in a situation when people are losing their jobs, to say that the last people to be employed will be the first to go
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