last (1) — OET

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adjective

1 the last person in the queue:

rearmost, rear, hindmost, bringing up the rear, nearest the rear, at the end, furthest back, aftermost, endmost, furthest behind, final, ultimate, most remote, remotest, furthest, utmost, extreme;

British at the back (of the queue);

North American at the back (of the line).

▷antonyms first, leading.

2 Rembrandt spent his last years in Amsterdam:

closing, concluding, final, ending, end, finishing, ultimate, terminal, terminating;

valedictory;

later, latter.

▷antonyms early, initial.

3 I'd be the last person to say anything against him:

least likely, most unlikely, most improbable, most reluctant;

least suitable, most unsuitable, most inappropriate, least appropriate, least wanted, least favourite.

▷antonyms first, most likely.

4 he scored a hat-trick last year:

previous, preceding;

latest, most recent;

prior, former.

▷antonyms next.

5 this was his last chance to prove it:

final, only remaining, only one left.

□ the last word

1 you'll marry my daughter over my dead body, and that's my last word:

final decision, summation, final statement, definitive statement, conclusive comment;

ultimatum.

2 she turned, determined to leave having had the last word:

concluding remark, final remark, final say, closing statement, parting shot, Parthian shot.

3 the spa is the last word in luxury and efficiency:

the best, the peak, the acme, the epitome, the quintessence, the most fashionable, the most up to date, the latest, the newest;

the pinnacle, the apex, the apogee, the cream, the ultimate, the height, the zenith, the utmost, the nonpareil, the crème de la crème, the ne plus ultra, the dernier cri, the beau idéal;

archaic the nonesuch.

adverb

the candidate coming last is eliminated:

at the end, at the rear, in the rear, behind, after.

noun

the most important business was left to the last:

end, ending, finish, close, conclusion, completion, finale, termination;

bitter end.

▷antonyms beginning, opening.

□ at last

at last the storm died away:

finally, in the end, eventually, ultimately, at long last, after a long time, after a considerable time, in time, at the end of the day, in the fullness of time;

lastly, in conclusion.

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