Last in a sentence as a noun

We also built the redesign that launched last year.

We had no API at all at launch, and last I checked, we had one measly API call.

I just heard back from Peter Norvig, who says "He died peacefully in his sleep last night.

Most of these disputes don't go public, and don't last this long, but they happen all the time.

That's why the program details are listed on the first page of the checkout process and not the last.

Last in a sentence as a verb

Her sister saw the picture and long story short that was the last time she talked to her parents.

"No, you're ******* not working hard, you added the last ones a year and a half ago. EU countries are missing, for ***** sake.

If their beverage situation has been upgraded since my last visit, they're doing well.

Compare the first 2/3rds of Matasano's lifetime to the last 1/3rd.

Before I made the video, I spent the last 18 months manipulating the court system against the TSA.

Last in a sentence as an adjective

It looks like as we were performing server upgrades last week a handful of jobs didn't run as normal.

Anyone who is willing to sacrifice the usefulness of the last 30 years of proprietary tech to make a point has to be a bit barmy.

I searched a bit and it appears as if 1024 is also inspired by Threes, so my game is probably the last of a long chain of clones :PThe code is also open-source.

In the US we've seen this ratchet effect taking place to a frightening extent in the last decades both inside of computing and in general.

Invariably, there are months of "last calls" and inactivity, only to have someone call a "wait, we need to do this" at the last minute that pulls everything back.

Last in a sentence as an adverb

If they weren't allowed to hold unpopular opinions, then pretty much all the social progress we made in the last century - racial equality, feminism, gay rights, etc. - would never have happened.

Federal prosectors added nine new felony counts against well-known coder and activist Aaron Swartz, who was charged last year for allegedly breaching hacking laws by downloading millions of academic articles from a subscription database via an open connection at MIT. Ortiz today: Ultimately, any sentence imposed would have been up to the judge.

People can and ought to be able to unite to form great companies without having to compare notes on how they voted in the last election or some similar matter having nothing whatever to do with whether someone can add value to the venture.

Then he advertised how PC version is superior to the one on iPad.- My 2 yo daughter knows what Minecraft is, tells she'll play Minecraft when she grows up.- While we were shopping for school supplies last week, saw two people asking for Minecraft licensed school bags for their kids.- We live in Turkey.

Last definitions

noun

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"

See also: finale finis finish conclusion close

noun

the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"

noun

a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"

noun

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"

See also: death

noun

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

noun

a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

noun

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"

noun

holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

verb

persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

See also: endure

verb

continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

See also: survive live endure

adjective

immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

adjective

coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"

adjective

occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"

See also: concluding final terminal

adjective

most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"

adjective

occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"

adjective

conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"

See also: final

adjective

highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"

See also: utmost

adjective

not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"

See also: final

adjective

lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"

See also: last-place lowest

adverb

most_recently; "I saw him last in London"

adverb

the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"

See also: lastly finally