last

persist for a specified period of time

“The bad weather lasted for three days”

highest in extent or degree

“to the last measure of human endurance”

lowest in rank or importance

“last prize”

the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence

“I had to miss the last of the movie”

a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do

“he breathed his last”

a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

“the last time I saw Paris”

immediately past

“last Thursday”

most unlikely or unsuitable

“the last person we would have suspected”

occurring at the time of death

“his last words”

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

“a struggle to the last”