[lɑːst], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- coming after all others in time or order; final
(e.g: they caught the last bus)

- most recent in time; latest
(e.g: last year)

- only remaining
(e.g: it's our last hope)


Phrases:
- at last
- last but not least
- last orders
- last thing
- the last word
- — one's last

Origin:
Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late

[lɑːst], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- on the last occasion before the present; previously
(e.g: a woman last heard of in Cornwall)

- after all others in order or sequence
(e.g: the last-named film)

- (especially in enumerating points) lastly
(e.g: and last, I'd like to thank you all for coming)


Phrases:
- at last
- last but not least
- last orders
- last thing
- the last word
- — one's last

Origin:
Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late

[lɑːst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the last person or thing; the one occurring, mentioned, or acting after all others
(e.g: the last of their guests had gone)


Phrases:
- at last
- last but not least
- last orders
- last thing
- the last word
- — one's last

Origin:
Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late

[lɑːst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a process, activity, or state) continue for a specified period of time
(e.g: the guitar solo lasted for twenty minutes)

- continue to operate or remain usable for a considerable or specified length of time
(e.g: the car is built to last)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English lǣstan, of Germanic origin, related to German leisten ‘afford, yield’, also to last

[lɑːst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot
(e.g: this happens when you have a boot built on a last that is narrower than your foot)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English lǣste, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘follow’; related to Dutch leest and German Leisten