{
    "term": "last",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "happening or coming after all other similar things or people",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We caught the last bus home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the last house on the left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was last to arrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This last point, which Hamish has mentioned, is crucial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her last words were for her children."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "most recent",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "last night/Tuesday/month/summer/year"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The critics all hated her last book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This last point is crucial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **last time** I saw him was in May."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Last summer we went to Greece for a month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shirley had a talk with her last Friday."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "that is the only one that remains",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is our last bottle of water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He knew this was his last hope of winning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wouldn’t marry you if you were the last person on earth!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teacher gave her one last chance to prove she could behave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was hanging on to the last remaining shreds of her reputation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It took my last reserves of strength and will to swim to the lifeboat."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "final"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that somebody/something is the least likely or suitable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**The last thing she needed** was more work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's the **last person** I'd trust with a secret."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "after a long time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At long last his prayers had been answered."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "finally"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be going to die or stop functioning very soon; to be very weak or in bad condition",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the day, week, etc. just before the most recent one; two days, weeks, etc. ago",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I haven't seen him since the summer before last."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "every person or thing in a group",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We spent every last penny we had on the house."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people sometimes say Famous last words! when they think somebody is being too confident about something that is going to happen",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Everything's under control.’ ‘Famous last words!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "early in the morning/late in the evening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I need the report on my desk first thing Monday morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I took the dog for a walk last thing before going to bed."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be successful when you were not expected to be, making your opponents look stupid",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We'll have the last laugh if she finds out that you're the one who played the trick."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say what is most important after everything has been discussed, or considered",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the final analysis, it's a matter of personal choice."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "when there are no other possible courses of action",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the last resort we can always walk home."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "at a pinch"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the last moment of a person’s life",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the point at which you/something can no longer continue living, fighting, existing, etc.",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the latest possible time before an important event",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They changed the plans at the last minute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't leave your decision to the last moment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't leave everything till the last minute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why do you leave it until the last possible moment before getting ready to leave?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the person or thing you rely on when everything else has failed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've tried everyone else and now you're my last resort."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the most recent, fashionable, advanced, etc. thing",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These apartments are the last word in luxury."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the last comment or decision about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He always has to **have the last word** in any argument."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’m willing to wait one more week, and that’s my final word on the subject."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Chairman always has the last word on financial decisions."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that something is true of all the people being described",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They answered ‘Yes,’ to a man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were all destroyed, to the last man."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "seven days before the day that you mention",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She started work a week yesterday."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɑːst/",
                "audio": "la/last/last__gb_6.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læst/",
                "audio": "la/last/last__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "determiner Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late."
}