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{
"term": "last",
"partOfSpeech": "determiner",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "happening or coming after all other similar things or people",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We caught the last bus home."
},
{
"text": "It's the last house on the left."
},
{
"text": "She was last to arrive."
},
{
"text": "This last point, which Hamish has mentioned, is crucial."
},
{
"text": "Her last words were for her children."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "most recent",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "last night/Tuesday/month/summer/year"
},
{
"text": "The critics all hated her last book."
},
{
"text": "This last point is crucial."
},
{
"text": "The **last time** I saw him was in May."
},
{
"text": "Last summer we went to Greece for a month."
},
{
"text": "Shirley had a talk with her last Friday."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "that is the only one that remains",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is our last bottle of water."
},
{
"text": "He knew this was his last hope of winning."
},
{
"text": "I wouldn’t marry you if you were the last person on earth!"
},
{
"text": "The teacher gave her one last chance to prove she could behave."
},
{
"text": "The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace."
},
{
"text": "She was hanging on to the last remaining shreds of her reputation."
},
{
"text": "It took my last reserves of strength and will to swim to the lifeboat."
}
],
"synonyms": "final"
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to emphasize that somebody/something is the least likely or suitable",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**The last thing she needed** was more work."
},
{
"text": "He's the **last person** I'd trust with a secret."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "after a long time",
"examples": [
{
"text": "At long last his prayers had been answered."
}
],
"synonyms": "finally"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be going to die or stop functioning very soon; to be very weak or in bad condition",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the day, week, etc. just before the most recent one; two days, weeks, etc. ago",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I haven't seen him since the summer before last."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "every person or thing in a group",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We spent every last penny we had on the house."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "people sometimes say Famous last words! when they think somebody is being too confident about something that is going to happen",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Everything's under control.’ ‘Famous last words!’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "early in the morning/late in the evening",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I need the report on my desk first thing Monday morning."
},
{
"text": "I took the dog for a walk last thing before going to bed."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be successful when you were not expected to be, making your opponents look stupid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We'll have the last laugh if she finds out that you're the one who played the trick."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say what is most important after everything has been discussed, or considered",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In the final analysis, it's a matter of personal choice."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "when there are no other possible courses of action",
"examples": [
{
"text": "In the last resort we can always walk home."
}
],
"synonyms": "at a pinch"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the last moment of a person’s life",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the point at which you/something can no longer continue living, fighting, existing, etc.",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the latest possible time before an important event",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They changed the plans at the last minute."
},
{
"text": "Don't leave your decision to the last moment."
},
{
"text": "Don't leave everything till the last minute."
},
{
"text": "Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready to leave?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the person or thing you rely on when everything else has failed",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've tried everyone else and now you're my last resort."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the most recent, fashionable, advanced, etc. thing",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These apartments are the last word in luxury."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the last comment or decision about something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He always has to **have the last word** in any argument."
},
{
"text": "I’m willing to wait one more week, and that’s my final word on the subject."
},
{
"text": "The Chairman always has the last word on financial decisions."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that something is true of all the people being described",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They answered ‘Yes,’ to a man."
},
{
"text": "They were all destroyed, to the last man."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "seven days before the day that you mention",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She started work a week yesterday."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/lɑːst/",
"audio": "la/last/last__gb_6.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/læst/",
"audio": "la/last/last__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "determiner Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late."
}