last
Persist for a specified period of time.
“The bad weather lasted for three days”
Continue to live and avoid dying.
“how long can a person last without food and water?”
Highest in extent or degree.
“to the last measure of human endurance”
“whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually”
Lowest in rank or importance.
“last prize”
“in last place”
Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining.
“the last time I saw Paris”
“the last day of the month”
Immediately past.
“last Thursday”
“the last chapter we read”
Most unlikely or unsuitable.
“the last person we would have suspected”
“the last man they would have chosen for the job”
Occurring at the time of death.
“his last words”
“the last rites”
Not to be altered or undone.
“the arbiter will have the last say”
Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
“the last days of the dinosaurs”
Conclusive in a process or progression.
“a last resort”
The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence.
“I had to miss the last of the movie”
A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do.
“he breathed his last”
A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels.
A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds.
The time at which life ends; continuing until dead.
“a struggle to the last”
The last or lowest in an ordering or series.
“he was the last to leave”
“he finished an inglorious last”
Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes.
The temporal end; the concluding time.
The item at the end.
“last, I'll discuss family values”