Quotes about "last"

• Noun: the temporal end; the concluding time; examples: "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell", "the market was up at the finish", "they were playing better at the close of the season"

• Noun: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; examples: "he was the last to leave", "he finished an inglorious last"

• Noun: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; example: "he breathed his last"

• Noun: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; examples: "she stayed until his death", "a struggle to the last"

• Noun: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

• Noun: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

• Noun: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; examples: "the end was exciting", "I had to miss the last of the movie"

• Noun: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

• Verb: persist for a specified period of time; example: "The bad weather lasted for three days"

• Verb: continue to live; endure or last; examples: "We went without water and food for 3 days", "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America", "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents", "how long can a person last without food and water?"

• Adj: immediately past; examples: "last Thursday", "the last chapter we read"

• Adj: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; examples: "the last time I saw Paris", "the last day of the month", "had the last word", "waited until the last minute", "he raised his voice in a last supreme call", "the last game of the season", "down to his last nickel"

• Adj: occurring at or forming an end or termination; examples: "his concluding words came as a surprise", "the final chapter", "the last days of the dinosaurs", "terminal leave"

• Adj: conclusive in a process or progression; examples: "the final answer", "a last resort", "the net result"

• Adj: most unlikely or unsuitable; examples: "the last person we would have suspected", "the last man they would have chosen for the job"

• Adj: occurring at the time of death; examples: "his last words", "the last rites"

• Adj: not to be altered or undone; examples: "the judge's decision is final", "the arbiter will have the last say"

• Adj: lowest in rank or importance; examples: "last prize", "in last place"

• Adj: highest in extent or degree; examples: "to the last measure of human endurance", "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"

• Adv: more recently than any other time; example: "I saw him last in London"

• Adv: the item at the end; example: "last, I'll discuss family values"