Last vs. Past

Lastadjective

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Lastadjective

Most recent, latest, last so far.

Lastadjective

Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.

Lastadjective

Being the only one remaining of its class.

Lastadjective

Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

Lastadjective

Lowest in rank or degree.

Lastdeterminer

The (one) immediately before the present.

Lastdeterminer

Closest to seven days (one week) ago.

Lastadverb

Most recently.

Lastadverb

(sequence) after everything else; finally

Lastverb

To perform, carry out.

Lastverb

(intransitive) To endure, continue over time.

Lastverb

(intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.

Lastverb

To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.

Lastnoun

A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.

Lastnoun

(obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight.

Lastnoun

(obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.

Lastnoun

(obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.

Lastnoun

A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.

Last

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

Lastadjective

Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.

Lastadjective

Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.

Lastadjective

Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

Lastadjective

Lowest in rank or degree; as, the a last place finish.

Lastadjective

Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.

Lastadverb

At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.

Lastadverb

In conclusion; finally; lastly.

Lastadverb

At a time next preceding the present time.

Lastverb

To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.

Lastverb

To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.

Lastverb

To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.

Lastnoun

A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.

Lastnoun

A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.

Lastnoun

The burden of a ship; a cargo.

Lastnoun

the temporal end; the concluding time;

Lastnoun

the last or lowest in an ordering or series;

Lastnoun

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

Lastnoun

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead;

Lastnoun

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

Lastnoun

a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

Lastnoun

the concluding parts of an event or occurrence;

Lastnoun

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

Lastverb

persist or be long; in time;

Lastverb

continue to live; endure or last;

Lastadjective

immediately past;

Lastadjective

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

Lastadjective

occurring at or forming an end or termination;

Lastadjective

conclusive in a process or progression;

Lastadjective

most unlikely or unsuitable;

Lastadjective

occurring at the time of death;

Lastadjective

not to be altered or undone;

Lastadjective

lowest in rank or importance;

Lastadjective

highest in extent or degree;

Lastadjective

in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style;

Lastadverb

more recently than any other time;

Lastadverb

the item at the end;

Last

A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes.

Pastnoun

The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.

Pastnoun

(grammar) The past tense.

Pastadjective

Having already happened; in the past; finished.

Pastadjective

(postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.

Pastadjective

Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.

Pastadjective

(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.

Pastadverb

in a direction that passes

Pastadverb

Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.

Pastpreposition

beyond in place, quantity or time

Pastadjective

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

Pastnoun

A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

Pastpreposition

Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

Pastpreposition

Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.

Pastpreposition

Above; exceeding; more than.

Pastadverb

By; beyond; as, he ran past.

Pastnoun

the time that has elapsed;

Pastnoun

a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret);

Pastnoun

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

Pastadjective

earlier than the present time; no longer current;

Pastadjective

of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;

Pastadjective

a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time;

Pastadverb

so as to pass a given point;

Past

The past is the set of all events that occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the present and the future.