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at last

Variant of last

adjective

  1. late
  2. being or coming after all others in place; farthest from the first; hindmost
  3. coming after all others in time; farthest from the beginning; latest
  4. only remaining: took the last chocolate in the box
  5. directly before the present: last month
  6. farthest from what is expected; least likely: would be the last person to suspect anything
  7. utmost; greatest
  8. coming after all others in importance; lowest in rank
  9. newest: the last thing in hats
  10. conclusive; authoritative: the last word in scientific research
  11. individual: used as an intensive: to spend every last cent

adverb

  1. late
  2. after all others; at the end
  3. most recently
  4. finally; in conclusion

noun

  1. someone or something which comes last: the last of the kings
  2. the final or concluding part; end: friends to the last

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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