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second from last

second from last is the alternative form of second to last.

Meaning of second to last

Adjective

second to last (not comparable)

  1. Penultimate, next to last, immediately preceding the end of a sequence or list.
    Synonyms:
    penultimate

Questions about second from last

What is second from last the alternative form of?
Second from last is the alternative form of second to last.

Words near second from last in the dictionary

  1. second five-eighth
  2. second five-eighths
  3. second flour
  4. second freedom rights
  5. Second French Empire
  6. second from last
  7. second gas effect
  8. second gas effects
  9. second gear
  10. second gears
  11. second gentleman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: second from last (page history and authors); second to last (page history and authors). 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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