Meaning

5 senses

  1. (intransitive)To endure, continue over time.

    Summer seems to last longer each year.

    They seem happy now, but that won't last long.

    dauern, anhalten, währen

    дли́тьсяdlítʹsja, продли́тьсяprodlítʹsja, продолжа́тьсяprodolžátʹsja

    трива́тиtryváty, протя́гуватисяprotjáhuvatysja, протягну́тисяprotjahnútysja

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

    I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.

    aushalten, standhalten

    продержа́тьсяproderžátʹsja, выде́рживатьvydérživatʹ, вы́держатьvýderžatʹ

  3. (intransitive, slang)To purposefully refrain from orgasm

  4. (transitive)To shape (an item of footwear such as a boot or shoe) during its manufacture or repair while it is placed on a last (noun etymology 3, noun sense 1).

    to last a boot

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To perform, carry out.

    durchführen

More definitions
  • persist for a specified period of time
  • continue to live and avoid dying

Examples

14868 sentences

  1. Did you go out last night?

    Ти виходив вчора ввечері? — deniko

    ruТы выходил вчера вечером? — sigavax

    deSeid ihr letzte Nacht ausgegangen? — MUIRIEL

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  2. Where did you go last Sunday?

    Куди ти ходив минулої неділі? — ascolto

    ruКуда ты ходил в прошлое воскресенье? — paul_lingvo

    deWo bist du letzten Sonntag hingegangen? — xtofu80

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  3. I had a stroke last year.

    У мене був інсульт минулого року. — deniko

    ruУ меня был инсульт в прошлом году. — odexed

    deLetztes Jahr hatte ich einen Schlaganfall. — xtofu80

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  4. Mary stayed up late last night.

    Вчора Мері не лягала спати допізна. — ChickenKiev

    ruМэри поздно легла спать вчера. — Gruzilkin

    deMary ist gestern Abend lange aufgeblieben. — Esperantostern

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  5. Tom didn't have dinner last night.

    Вчора вечером Том не повечеряв. — Internecivus

    ruТом вчера вечером не ужинал. — marafon

    deTom hat gestern nicht zu Abend gegessen. — Dejo

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to endure, continue over time:
Русский
By meaning 2
to endure, continue over time:
to hold out:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to endure, continue over time:
to hold out:
to perform, carry out:

Origin

From Middle English lasten, from Old English lǣstan, from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan,

From Middle English lasten, from Old English lǣstan, from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan, from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną. Cognate with German leisten (“yield”).

The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore.

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Forms

lasts, lasting, lasted, lasted
Base formlast · to last
3rd person singularlasts
Present participlelasting
Past simplelasted
Past participlelasted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylast
he, she, itlasts

Past simpleLesson

all personslasted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lasted
he, she, ithas lasted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill last

Synonyms

8 synonyms
continueA2endureB1surviveA2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
disintegratedissipatefall apartwear out

Word family

8 related words
RelatedeverlastingB2lastingB1
Derivedeverlastlastabilitylastableoutlastunlastlaster

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • last night
  • the last time
  • was the last
  • last week
  • last time
  • last year
  • the last one
  • last month
  • last weekend
  • last summer
  • last one to
  • last monday

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lassilassitudeC2lassolastlyB2latchlateA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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