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Noun last has 8 senses
- stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close - the temporal end; the concluding time; "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"
--1 is a kind of end, ending
- last - the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
--2 is a kind of rank
- last - a person's dying act; the last thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"
--3 is a kind of activity
- death, last - the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
--4 is a kind of end, ending
- last - a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
--5 is a kind of weight unit, weight
- last - a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
--6 is a kind of volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
- end, last, final stage - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
--7 is a kind of ending, conclusion, finish
--7 has particulars:
- last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last - holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
--8 is a kind of holding device
Verb last has 2 senses
- last, endure - persist or be long; in time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
--1 is one way to measure
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
Sample sentence:
The business is going to last
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