Kilo Lingo

/lɑːst/

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Translation

Coming after all the others, or most recent before now.

Word origin

From Old English latost, the oldest form of latest, meaning coming after all the rest.

Origin
Old English
Root
latost

Examples

December .

"Last" shows it comes after all the other months.

.

Here "last" means the week just before this one.

.

"Last" shows nobody left after her.

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This word is part of lesson 4.