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In some senses, penultimate is marked as literary, obsolete, UK, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
penultimate
UK /pɪˈnʌltɪmət/ US /pəˈnəltəmət/
noun 5adj 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
last, red, single
VERB + PENULTIMATE
falls, object, read, resemble
PENULTIMATE + NOUN
album, antepenultimate, august, bus, day, mary, nick, paragraph
PREP.
in, on, on, than
ADV.
always, always, rather, then
Definitions
adj
1
Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
[…] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
But it should frequently happen that offspring should resemble its penultimate rather than its latest phase, and should thus be more like a grand-parent than a parent.
2
Of or pertaining to a penult.
3
Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
4
pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
This Book is the Proud Purple Penultimate!!
This treatment, where two therapists massage the body using warm oils infused with plant extracts, is truly the penultimate experience.
noun
1
A penult, a next to last, particularly
Our Lutheran concern for the ultimates (the Gospel) has allowed us to neglect some of the penultimates (bodily healing), failing to stress the total implications of that ultimate Gospel.
2
A penult, a next to last
At Woodstock, the penultimate of August.
3
A penult, a next to last
Antepenultimate is that before the Penultimate, or the last but two.
4
A penult, a next to last
5
A penult, a next to last
Penultimate, the. — Beginning with the lowest card but one of the suit you lead originally, if it contains more than four cards.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the next to last syllable in a word
- penult
- penultima
adjective — second last
- next-to-last
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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[…] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
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But it should frequently happen that offspring should resemble its penultimate rather than its latest phase, and should thus be more like a grand-parent than a parent.
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“Your clothes don't weigh more'n seven pounds. And seven from—hum—say one hundred an' twenty-three—one hundred an' sixteen is your stripped weight.” But at the penultimate word, Mary cried out with sh
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Our Lutheran concern for the ultimates (the Gospel) has allowed us to neglect some of the penultimates (bodily healing), failing to stress the total implications of that ultimate Gospel.
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At Woodstock, the penultimate of August.
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Antepenultimate is that before the Penultimate, or the last but two.
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