"latest" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈleɪ.tɪst/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-latest.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪtɪst Etymology: From Middle English lateste, from Old English latost, latest, lætest, superlative of læt, whence English late. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lateste}} Middle English lateste, {{inh|en|ang|latost}} Old English latost Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adjective}} latest
  1. superlative form of late: most late Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: late (extra: most late) Translations (superlative of the adjective late; most late): legkésőbbi (Hungarian), mais atrasado (Portuguese), ultim (Romanian), cel mai din urmă (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-latest-en-adj-z6kO7up1 Disambiguation of 'superlative of the adjective late; most late': 92 3 5
  2. (now rare, poetic) Last, final. Tags: archaic, poetic
    Sense id: en-latest-en-adj-vd1CD84C
  3. Most recent. Categories (topical): Time Translations (most recent): ὕστατος (hústatos) (Ancient Greek), վերջին (verǰin) (Armenian), nieuwst (Dutch), recentst (Dutch), laatst verschenen (Dutch), laatst (Dutch), uusin (Finnish), viimeisin (Finnish), dernier en date (French), último (Galician), legutóbbi (Hungarian), 最新 (saishin) (Japanese), novissimus (Latin), nōnātata (Maori), najnowszy (Polish), último (Portuguese), mais recente (Portuguese), ultim (Romanian), último (Spanish), senaste (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-latest-en-adj-GBDjg3tW Disambiguation of Time: 23 0 37 23 0 18 Disambiguation of 'most recent': 3 6 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: latest and greatest

Adverb

IPA: /ˈleɪ.tɪst/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-latest.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪtɪst Etymology: From Middle English lateste, from Old English latost, latest, lætest, superlative of læt, whence English late. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lateste}} Middle English lateste, {{inh|en|ang|latost}} Old English latost Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adverb}} latest
  1. superlative form of late: most late Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: late (extra: most late)
    Sense id: en-latest-en-adv-z6kO7up1
  2. At the latest.
    Sense id: en-latest-en-adv-7Ylq671M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 5 2 66 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 10 1 1 86 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 26 2 1 67 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 26 1 1 70 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 10 20 14 9 38 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 18 3 3 70 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 1 13 2 1 80 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 16 3 3 72 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 13 1 1 82 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 18 4 3 68 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 5 12 14 5 56 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 1 16 2 1 78 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 16 2 1 78 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 21 4 3 65 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 15 3 5 69 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 18 3 3 70 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 16 3 3 72 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 14 1 1 82 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 21 3 3 66 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪ.tɪst/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-latest.ogg Forms: latests [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtɪst Etymology: From Middle English lateste, from Old English latost, latest, lætest, superlative of læt, whence English late. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lateste}} Middle English lateste, {{inh|en|ang|latost}} Old English latost Head templates: {{en-noun}} latest (plural latests)
  1. The most recent thing, particularly information or news.
    Sense id: en-latest-en-noun-3~GKnWck

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
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      "sense": "most recent",
      "word": "վերջին"
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      "word": "último"
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      "word": "último"
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          "text": "Have you met Jane's latest? I hear he's a hunk.",
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          "ref": "1926, George Gaylord Simpson, edited by Léo F. Laporte, Simple curiosity; letters from George Gaylord Simpson ..., published 1987, page 29:",
          "text": "And like other futile edifices of man these are inhabited for a brief space giving glory to the proprietor of the most unusual or striking and then left to melt back to dust and be forgotten, or worse yet, to become curiosities for generations with other \"latests\".",
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