TOP

Definition of penultimate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

penultimate

adjective
 
/pəˈnʌltɪmət/
 
/pəˈnʌltɪmət/
[only before noun]
jump to other results
  1. immediately before the last one synonym next/second to last
    • the penultimate chapter/day/stage
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPenultimate is used with these nouns:
    • paragraph
    See full entry
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin paenultimus, from paene ‘almost’ + ultimus ‘last’, on the pattern of ultimate.
See penultimate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Check pronunciation: penultimate

Nearby words

previously
adverb
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 3000
B1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day