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Qu'est-ce (qui) est LAST - définition
MECHANICAL FORM THAT HAS A SHAPE SIMILAR TO THAT OF A HUMAN FOOT
Shoe-last; Shoe last; Lasts
![Shelf with lasts in a shoemaker's workshop in [[Hamburg]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schuhmacherwerkstatt HH.jpg?width=200 "Shelf with lasts in a shoemaker's workshop in [[Hamburg]]")
last
I
adj., adv.
1) to come in last (in a race)
2) the last to + inf. (she was the last to finish)
3) at last; at long last
II
n. to breathe one's last
III
v.
1) (d; intr.) to last from; to, until (the meeting lasted from one to three)
2) (P; intr.) the examination lasted two hours; the food will last (us) (for) a week; the meeting lasted (for) an hour
last
(lasts, lasting, lasted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use last in expressions such as last Friday, last night, and last year to refer, for example, to the most recent Friday, night, or year.
I got married last July...
He never made it home at all last night...
It is not surprising they did so badly in last year's elections.
DET
2.
The last event, person, thing, or period of time is the most recent one.
Much has changed since my last visit...
At the last count inflation was 10.9 per cent...
I split up with my last boyfriend three years ago...
The last few weeks have been hectic.
ADJ: det ADJ
•
Last is also a pronoun.
The next tide, it was announced, would be even higher than the last.
PRON
3.
If something last happened on a particular occasion, that is the most recent occasion on which it happened.
When were you there last?...
The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it...
Hunting on the trust's 625,000 acres was last debated two years ago.
ADV: ADV with v
4.
The last thing, person, event, or period of time is the one that happens or comes after all the others of the same kind.
This is his last chance as prime minister.
...the last three pages of the chapter...
She said it was the very last house on the road...
They didn't come last in their league.
? first
ORD
•
Last is also a pronoun.
It wasn't the first time that this particular difference had divided them and it wouldn't be the last...
The trickiest bits are the last on the list.
PRON
5.
If you do something last, you do it after everyone else does, or after you do everything else.
I testified last...
I was always picked last for the football team at school...
The foreground, nearest the viewer, is painted last.
ADV: ADV after v
6.
If you are the last to do or know something, everyone else does or knows it before you.
She was the last to go to bed...
Riccardo and I are always the last to know what's going on.
PRON: PRON to-inf
7.
Last is used to refer to the only thing, person, or part of something that remains.
Jed nodded, finishing off the last piece of pizza.
...the freeing of the last hostage.
ADJ: det ADJ
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Last is also a noun.
He finished off the last of the wine...
The last of the ten inmates gave themselves up after twenty eight hours on the roof of the prison.
N-SING: the N of n
8.
You use last before numbers to refer to a position that someone has reached in a competition after other competitors have been knocked out.
Sampras reached the last four at Wimbledon.
...the only woman among the authors making it through to the last six.
ADJ: det ADJ
9.
You can use last to indicate that something is extremely undesirable or unlikely.
The last thing I wanted to do was teach...
He would be the last person who would do such a thing.
ADJ: det ADJ [emphasis]
•
Last is also a pronoun.
I would be the last to say that science has explained everything.
PRON: PRON to-inf
10.
The last you see of someone or the last you hear of them is the final time that you see them or talk to them.
She disappeared shouting, 'To the river, to the river!' And that was the last we saw of her...
I had a feeling it would be the last I heard of him.
? first
PRON: the PRON that
11.
If an event, situation, or problem lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to exist or happen for that length of time.
The marriage had lasted for less than two years...
The games lasted only half the normal time...
Enjoy it because it won't last.
VERB: V for n, V n, V, also V adv
12.
If something lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to be able to be used for that time, for example because there is some of it left or because it is in good enough condition.
You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages...
The repaired sail lasted less than 24 hours...
The implication is that this battery lasts twice as long as other batteries...
VERB: V for n, V n, V adv, also V
13.
see also lasting
14.
If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
I'm so glad that we've found you at last!...
Here, at long last, was the moment he had waited for...
At last the train arrived in the station...
= finally
PHRASE: PHR with cl
15.
You use expressions such as the night before last, the election before last and the leader before last to refer to the period of time, event, or person that came immediately before the most recent one in a series.
It was the dog he'd heard the night before last...
In the budget before last a tax penalty on the mobile phone was introduced.
PHRASE
16.
You can use phrases such as the last but one, the last but two, or the last but three, to refer to the thing or person that is, for example, one, two, or three before the final person or thing in a group or series.
It's the last but one day in the athletics programme...
The British team finished last but one.
PHRASE: PHR n, PHR after v
17.
You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
The last I heard, Joe and Irene were still happily married.
PHRASE: PHR with cl
18.
If you leave something or someone until last, you delay using, choosing, or dealing with them until you have used, chosen, or dealt with all the others.
I have left my best wine until last...
I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.
PHRASE: V inflects
19.
last
last1
¦ adjective
1. coming after all others in time or order; final.
lowest in importance or rank.
(the last) the least likely or suitable.
2. most recent in time; latest.
3. immediately preceding in order; previous in a sequence or enumeration: their last album.
4. only remaining: it's our last hope.
¦ adverb
1. on the last occasion before the present; previously.
2. [in combination] after all others in order or sequence: the last-named film.
3. (in enumerating points) lastly.
¦ noun (plural same) the last person or thing.
?(the last of) the only remaining participle
?(the last) the end or last moment, especially death.
Phrases
at last (or at long last) in the end; after much delay.
the last minute the latest possible time before an event.
last orders (N. Amer. also last call) (in a bar or pub) said to inform customers that closing time is approaching and that any further drinks should be purchased immediately.
last thing late in the evening, especially immediately before going to bed.
the last word
1. a final or definitive pronouncement on a subject.
2. the most modern or advanced example of something.
Origin
OE latost, of Gmc origin; related to late.
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last2
¦ verb
1. continue for a specified period of time.
2. remain operating or usable for a considerable or specified length of time.
3. (of provisions or resources) be adequate or sufficient for a specified length of time.
Origin
OE lstan, of Gmc origin, related to last3.
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last3
¦ noun a shoemaker's model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot.
Origin
OE lste, of Gmc origin, from a base meaning 'follow'.
Wikipédia
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. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and high-density plastics.
The term is derived from the Proto-Germanic *laistaz ("track, trace, footprint"); cognates include Swedish läst, Danish læste, German Leisten.
Exemples du corpus de texte pour LAST
1. Songs have a great ability to last and last and last," he said.
2. The last turbine reached the site in September last year.
3. LAST WEEK‘S COMPETITION Congratulations to last week‘s winner, Mark Faulkner.
4. The Dalai Lama last visited Japan in April last year.
5. The last exercises concluded last month, officials in Ankara said.