"last word" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-last word.ogg [Australia] Forms: last words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} last word (plural last words)
  1. (idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: exemplar Related terms: final say, last laugh Translations (finest, highest or ultimate representation of some class of object): viimeinen sana (Finnish), viimeinen huuto (Finnish), Krone [feminine] (German), Nonplusultra [neuter] (German), non plus ultra [masculine] (Italian), после́днее сло́во (poslédneje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-last_word-en-noun-Ld23c7VW Disambiguation of 'finest, highest or ultimate representation of some class of object': 79 7 5 8
  2. (idiomatic) Concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation. Tags: idiomatic Translations (concluding remarks): viimeinen sana (Finnish), letztes Wort [neuter] (German), síðasta orðið [neuter] (Icelandic), eiga síðasta orðið (english: to have the last word) (Icelandic), l'ultima parola [feminine] (Italian), huling kataga (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-last_word-en-noun-oqRi0O~P Disambiguation of 'concluding remarks': 4 65 2 28
  3. (often pluralized) The final statement uttered by a person before death. Translations ((often pluralized) final statement uttered before death): viimeiset sanat [plural] (Finnish), dernière paroles [feminine, plural] (French), letztes Wort [neuter] (German), hinstu orð [neuter, plural, poetic] (Icelandic), síðustu orð [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), после́днее сло́во (poslédneje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), huling kataga (Tagalog), trăng trối (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-last_word-en-noun-D8yo3D6I Disambiguation of '(often pluralized) final statement uttered before death': 5 14 62 18
  4. (idiomatic) A final decision or remark, or the right to make one. Tags: idiomatic Translations (final decision or the right to make such a decision): viimeinen sana (Finnish), letztes Wort [neuter] (German), 決定版 (ketteiban) (alt: けっていばん) (Japanese), ostatnie słowo (Polish), после́днее сло́во (poslédneje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-last_word-en-noun-oi6aa0bs Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 25 16 47 Disambiguation of 'final decision or the right to make such a decision': 6 10 8 76

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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(often pluralized) final statement uttered before death",
      "word": "huling kataga"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(often pluralized) final statement uttered before death",
      "word": "trăng trối"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
      "word": "viimeinen sana"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "letztes Wort"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けっていばん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ketteiban",
      "sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
      "word": "決定版"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
      "word": "ostatnie słowo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslédneje slóvo",
      "sense": "final decision or the right to make such a decision",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "после́днее сло́во"
    }
  ],
  "word": "last word"
}

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