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Is last a Scrabble word?
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Definition
det (English)
1. (of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.Examples: "It's Wednesday, and the party was last Tuesday; that is, not yesterday, but eight days ago."; "When you say last Monday, do you mean the Monday just gone, or the one before that?"
adv (English)
1. (sequence) after everything else; finallyExamples: "As I arrived last of all, I'll go last to add the butter last."; "last but not least"; "Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires, / Adores; and, last, the thing adored desires."Synonyms: finallynot-comparablesequence
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To endure, continue over time.Examples: "Summer seems to last longer each year."; "They seem happy now, but that won't last long."; "And love will last as pure and whole As when he loved me here in Time, And at the spiritual prime Rewaken with the dawning soul."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.Examples: "I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements."intransitive
3. (intransitive, slang, of a man) To purposefully refrain from orgasmintransitiveslang
4. (transitive, obsolete) To perform, carry out.obsoletetransitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight.obsolete
2. (obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.Examples: "Now we so quietly followed our businesse, that in three moneths wee made three or foure Last of Tarre, Pitch, and Sope ashes [...]."; "The last of wool is twelve sacks."obsolete
3. (obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.Examples: "1942 (1601), T D Mutch, The First Discovery of Australia, page 14, The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten."obsolete
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