latest
UK/ˈleɪ.tɪst/
latest adjective: last, final. Also the superlative form of late.
Adjective
latest
- Last, final.
- Whiles the sad pang approching she does feele, / Brayes out her latest breath, and vp her eyes doth seele.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Most recent.
- Here is the latest news on the accident.
- My latest album, which is being published next week, is even better than my last one.
- Synonyms:
- du jour
Adverb
latest
- At the latest.
- Complete the XYZ task latest by today 5:00PM.
Noun
latest (plural latests)
- The most recent thing, particularly information or news.
- Have you heard the latest?
- What's the latest on the demonstrations in New York?
Also used as
latest is also the superlative form of late.
latest meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Punjabi
latest in Hindi
- most recent
- नवीनतम navīntam
latest in Bengali
- সর্বশেষতম
latest in Telugu
- లేటెస్ట్, తాజాగా
latest in Punjabi
- ਨਵੀਨਤਮ
More languagesFewer languages
- latest in Gujarati
- નવીનતમ
- latest in Thai
- ล่าสุด lâa-sùt
Examples of latest in a sentence
- It's the latest fashion, ma'am.
- Have you met Jane's latest? I hear he's a hunk.
- It has often been said that Philadelphia is the city of firsts, Boston of bests, and New York of latests.1979, Edward Digby Baltzell, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, page 54:
Synonyms of latest
Forms of latest
| plural | latests |
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Origin of latest
From Middle English lateste, from Old English latost, latest, lætest, superlative of læt, whence English late. Doublet of last.
Words formed from latest
Phrases with latest
Words that rhyme with latest
Questions about latest
- What does latest mean?
- Latest means last, final.
- What is latest in Hindi?
- Latest in Hindi is नवीनतम (navīntam). See Latest meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use latest in a sentence?
- It's the latest fashion, ma'am.
- What part of speech is latest?
- Latest can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce latest?
- Latest is pronounced /ˈleɪ.tɪst/ (UK).
Words near latest in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: latest (page history and authors); latest (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latest (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latest (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latest (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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