next to last in English

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        "head": "next to last"
      },
      "expansion": "next to last (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "(particularly US) Penultimate, one before the end of a series, placed immediately before the end in a sequence."
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "next to last"
}

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    {
      "form": "next-to-last",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "English lemmas",
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          "place",
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        ]
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    {
      "word": "penultimate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "next to last"
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"next to last" meaning in English

Adjective

Alternative forms