last
immediately past
How often you will meet it
Rank 136 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 181,343 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.086% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- immediately past last Thursdaythe last chapter we read
- coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining the last time I saw Paristhe last day of the month
- occurring at or forming an end or termination also: concluding, final, terminal his concluding words came as a surprisethe final chapter
- most unlikely or unsuitable the last person we would have suspectedthe last man they would have chosen for the job
- occurring at the time of death his last wordsthe last rites
- conclusive in a process or progression also: final, net the final answera last resort
last in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And your last year at college was--was all I could wish.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I took one and got ready for them with my last few pounds.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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At last came a very wet summer, and everything went wrong in the country around.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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For hours I've trudged the street in fruitless quest, Here is an inn, mayhap at last we'll rest.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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I dreamed I had one last night, and I intended to ask you at breakfast, but I was sound asleep.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1