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Antonyms for lasts

Grammar : Noun
Spell : last, lahst
Phonetic Transcription : læst, lɑst

Definition of lasts

Origin :
  • "following all others," from Old English latost (adj.) and lætest (adv.), superlative of læt (see late). Cognate with Old Frisian lest, Dutch laatst, Old High German laggost, German letzt. Meaning "most recent" is from c.1200. The noun, "last person or thing," is c.1200, from the adjective. Last hurrah is from the title of Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel. Last word "final, definitive statement" is from 1650s. A dying person's last words so called by 1740. As an adjective, last-minute attested from 1913. Last-chance (adj.) is from 1962.
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Example sentences :
  • Winter lasts eight months, and the short summer is tropical.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • There is little time for pleasant talk on a farm while daylight lasts.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Something that lasts only a second, but in which you have a share.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The period was now entered when the day lasts twenty- four hours.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • If he lasts out, he'll go to where he came from, and we'll find out who's in back of all this.
  • Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall
  • If it lasts all day, and if—he has any more of it to-night, will it hurt him?
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • Your job, Mr. Hardy, lasts jest as long as I want it to––and no longer.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • “It lasts a long time with that one egg,” said the Duck who sat there.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • And this world, as long as it lasts—what would it be in that event?
  • Extract from : « Houlihan's Equation » by Walt Sheldon
  • This constitutes what is known as the incubation period, and lasts about ten days.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden

Synonyms for lasts

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