[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/last.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / last [← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/L/) # last «last» in Mova's school dictionary: **coming at the end, after all the others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adjective, adverb (last); verb (last, lasts, lasted, lasting); noun (the last) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Last means coming at the end, after all the others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m1) 2) Last means the one just before this one, as in «last week». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m2) 3) To last is to go on for a time, or to stay good or useful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m3) 4) «At last» means finally, after a long wait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m4) 5) (casual) «Last» is used for being worst: «came dead last»; «last but not least» introduces the final one with respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m5) 6) (casual) «Last thing I need» means I really do not want it; «famous last words» means that will go wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m6) 7) (euphemism) «Breathed his last» and «his last days» gently speak of dying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m7) 8) (formal) Exams say «final», «ultimate», «terminal», «preceding» (the one before), «previous», «endure» and «the duration». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#m8) ### sense in the lessons marks time: «last week», «last year» is an earlier time to compare or add; «last for N days» means the amount covers that time; the last number in a pattern or list; phrases «at last», «last of all», «the last one», «last but not least», «last-minute»; in casual talk «dead last», «last one there's a rotten egg», «bagsy the last one»; in rough talk «last chance, give it back»; in the exam voice «the preceding week», «the final term of the sequence», «the provisions shall endure for 5 days» ### examples - Last week she sold 40 cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x1) - This week she sold 15 more than last week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x2) - The food will last 5 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x3) - Z is the last letter of the alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x4) - He came last in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x5) - The film lasted two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x6) - At last, the rain stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x7) - Who ate the last cookie? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x8) - Last one to the gate is a rotten egg! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x9) - Last chance: give back my 2 dollars or I'm telling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x10) - In the preceding week, 40 units were sold; in the present week, 15 units in excess thereof. Compute the present week's sales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x11) - Grandma spent her last days at home with us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x12) - Then at last he spoke passionately. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/#x13) ### note A time marker. «last week» is a separate part of the story; «more than last week» compares. «will last N days» can mean divide the amount by the daily use. Trap: «last» (the final one) and «last» (the one before now) differ: «last Monday» is a past Monday. «preceding» and «previous» in an exam mean last (the one before); «final» and «ultimate» mean last (at the end). «Latest» means newest, not always the final. ### In the corpora - [It means grown-ups are steering the money so it lasts the whole month.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/7/) - [Family feuds often start over money, a will or hurtful words, and they can last for years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/11/) - [The last thing a speaker says after «no wait» or «sorry, I mean» is the one that counts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/22/) - [Good bots point you to real help; sad feelings that last should be told to a trusted adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/10/) - [This is the last lesson of the course.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/0/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «last» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/last/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.