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• we caught the last bus home.
• it's the last house on the left.
• she was last to arrive.
• last night/tuesday/month/summer/year

last

1. happening or coming after all other similar things or people
• We caught the last bus home.
• It's the last house on the left.
• She was last to arrive.
2. most recent
• last night/Tuesday/month/summer/year
• her last book
• This last point is crucial.
• The last time I saw him was in May.
3. only remaining
• synonym final
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/final_1
• This is our last bottle of water.
• He knew this was his last hope of winning.
• I wouldn’t marry you if you were the last person on earth!
4. used to emphasize that somebody/something is the least likely or suitable
• The last thing she needed was more work.
• He's the last person I'd trust with a secret.
5. after a long time
• synonym finally
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/finally
• At long last his prayers had been answered.
6. the person or thing you rely on when everything else has failed
• I've tried everyone else and now you're my last resort.
7. to be going to die or stop functioning very soon; to be very weak or in bad condition
8. the day, week, etc. just before the most recent one; two days, weeks, etc. ago
• I haven't seen him since the summer before last.
9. every person or thing in a group
• We spent every last penny we had on the house.
10. people sometimes say Famous last words!when they think somebody is being too confident about something that is going to happen
• ‘Everything's under control.’ ‘Famous last words!’
11. early in the morning/late in the evening
• I need the report on my desk first thing Monday morning.
• I took the dog for a walk last thing before going to bed.
12. to be successful when you were not expected to be, making your opponents look stupid
13. the last moment of a person’s life
14. used to say what is most important after everything has been discussed, or considered
• In the final analysis, it's a matter of personal choice.
15. when there are no other possible courses of action
• synonym at a pinch
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pinch_2
• In the last resort we can always walk home.
16. the last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer
17. the last comment or decision about something
• He always has to have the last word in any argument.
• I’m willing to wait one more week, and that’s my final word on the subject.
18. the latest possible time before an important event
• They changed the plans at the last minute.
• Don't leave your decision to the last moment.
19. the most recent, fashionable, advanced, etc. thing
• These apartments are the last word in luxury.
20. used to emphasize that something is true of all the people being described
• They answered ‘Yes,’ to a man.
• They were all destroyed, to the last man.
21. seven days before the day that you mention
• She started work a week yesterday.
22. the point at which you/something can no longer continue living, fighting, existing, etc.
• see also last-gasp
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/last-gasp

Extra Examples

• Last summer we went to Greece for a month.
• Shirley had a talk with her last Friday.
• The critics all hated her last book.
• This last point, that Hamish has mentioned, is crucial.
• Her last words were for her children.
• I wouldn’t marry you if you were the last person on earth!
• It took my last reserves of strength and will to swim to the lifeboat.
• It’s the last house on the left.
• She was hanging on to the last remaining shreds of her reputation.
• The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace.
• The teacher gave her one last chance to prove she could behave.
• This is our last bottle of wine.
• This is the last call for passengers on Lufthansa flight 420 to Frankfurt.

Word Origin

• determiner Old English latost (adverb) ‘after all others in a series’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laatst, lest and German letzt, also to late.