Crossword clues for at last
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Last \Last\ (l[.a]st), a. [OE. last, latst, contr. of latest, superl. of late; akin to OS. lezt, lazt, last, D. laatst, G. letzt. See Late, and cf. Latest.]
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Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God.
--Neh. viii. 18.Fairest of stars, last in the train of night.
--Milton. Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
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Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
Contending for principles of the last importance.
--R. Hall. Lowest in rank or degree; as, the a last place finish.
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Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.
At last, at the end of a certain period; after delay. ``The duke of Savoy felt that the time had at last arrived.''
--Motley.At the last. [Prob. fr. AS. on l[=a]ste behind, following behind, fr. l[=a]st race, track, footstep. See Last mold of the foot.] At the end; in the conclusion. [Obs.] ``Gad, a troop shall overcome him; but he shall overcome at the last.''
--Gen. xlix. 19.Last heir, the person to whom lands escheat for lack of an heir. [Eng.]
--Abbott.On one's last legs, at, or near, the end of one's resources; hence, on the verge of failure or ruin, especially in a financial sense. [Colloq.]
To breathe one's last, to die.
To the last, to the end; till the conclusion.
And blunder on in business to the last.
--Pope.Syn: At Last, At Length.
Usage: These phrases both denote that some delayed end or result has been reached. At length implies that a long period was spent in so doing; as, after a voyage of more than three months, we at Length arrived safe. At last commonly implies that something has occurred (as interruptions, disappointments, etc.) which leads us to emphasize the idea of having reached the end; as, in spite of every obstacle, we have at last arrived.
At \At\, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel. at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.] Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at. It expresses:
A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.
The relation of some state or condition; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.
The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.
The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80[deg]; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
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Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one.
At all, At home, At large, At last, At length, At once, etc. See under All, Home, Large, Last (phrase and syn.), Length, Once, etc.
At it, busily or actively engaged.
At least. See Least and However.
At one. See At one, in the Vocabulary.
Syn: In, At.
Usage: When reference to the interior of any place is made prominent in is used. It is used before the names of countries and cities (esp. large cities); as, we live in America, in New York, in the South. At is commonly employed before names of houses, institutions, villages, and small places; as, Milton was educated at Christ's College; money taken in at the Customhouse; I saw him at the jeweler's; we live at Beachville. At may be used before the name of a city when it is regarded as a mere point of locality. ``An English king was crowned at Paris.''
--Macaulay. ``Jean Jacques Rousseau was born at Geneva, June, 28, 1712.''
--J. Morley. In regard to time, we say at the hour, on the day, in the year; as, at 9 o'clock, on the morning of July 5th, in the year 1775.
Wiktionary
prep.phr. 1 (context idiomatic English) After a long time; eventually. 2 (context idiomatic English) In the end; finally; ultimately.
WordNet
adv. as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over" [syn: ultimately, finally, in the end, at long last]
Wikipedia
At Last is a 2003 album by American singer Cyndi Lauper. It made the top 40 of the album charts in both the United States and Australia. The album features a duet with Tony Bennett on "Makin' Whoopee". Lauper co-produced the album with Russ Titelman. The album consists of a collection of cover versions of jazz standards songs, in addition to a cover of a contemporary song, re-arranged into a Jazz song.
The US long box was available only at Costco or Sam's Club shops within the first two weeks when it was released. The song " Walk On By" S.A.F. was #10 in Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and the Eddie X Mixes version hit the same chart at #15. The album debuted at #38 on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 copies sold in its first week. The album has sold 276,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
"At Last" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives, starring George Montgomery and Ann Rutherford. It was performed in the film and on record by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday. Unreleased recordings of the song, however, had been made in 1941 by Glenn Miller for possible inclusion in the film Sun Valley Serenade. An orchestral version of the song without lyrics first appeared in that movie in 1941. A new version was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in Chicago on May 20, 1942, and released by RCA Victor Records as a 78 single, catalogue number 27934-B, backed with the A side " (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo". The song reached number 9 on the Billboard pop charts in 1942, staying on the charts for nine weeks, and later became a standard. In 1960, it was covered by blues singer Etta James in an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warren's melody. James' version was the title track in the same-named album At Last! and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
At Last is the second studio album by actress and singer Lynda Carter, released on June 9, 2009.
" At Last" is a 1941 song by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon first popularized by Etta James.
At Last may also refer to:
In music:
- At Last!, an album by Etta James
- At Last (Cyndi Lauper album)
- At Last (Lynda Carter album)
- At Last...The Duets Album, an album by Kenny G
- At Last, an album by Gladys Knight
- At Last (band), a band that was a finalist in the first season of America's Got Talent
In television:
- "At Last", alternate title of the Phineas and Ferb episode " Phineas and Ferb Get Busted!"
In film:
- At Last (film), a 2005 film starring Brooke Adams
Usage examples of "at last".
BLS at last, seen his parents regain their self-respect, despite the oppressive grip of the Committee of Public Safety and State Security.
Each morning for the past nine years Torlyri had made the same journey, when the silent signal came through the eye of the hatch to tell her that the sun had entered the sky: out of the cocoon by the sky-side, up and up through the interior of the cliff along the winding maze of steep narrow corridors that led toward the crest, and at last to the flat area at the top, the Place of Going Out, where she would perform the rite that was her most important responsibility to the People.
Torlyri wondered how long they lived, those who came forth from the cocoon when their appointed death-day at last arrived.
And at last the older members of the tribe had been infected by the new restlessness: Thaggoran sniffing around the old deep tunnels for shinestones, burly red-bearded Harruel climbing the walls like a boy, Konya flexing his muscles and pacing back and forth.
She called them together, and told them at last that Vengiboneeza was their destination.
Now at last Hresh took the velvet pouch from the casket of the chronicles for the first time, and held it cupped in both his hands.
Then at last Hresh did the most obvious thing, the one thing he had held back from doing, and curled his sensing-organ about it and applied his second sight.
The earthquake, following so soon upon the storm, left Hresh with no doubt that the time had come to return at last to the plaza of the thirty-six towers.
He came upon her in a far corner of the cocoon and beckoned to her, and held her, and stroked her dark fur, and at last she understood what it was he wanted to do.
But the strange building fascinated Taniane, and she insisted again and again, until at last he agreed.
But at last, she realized, it might be starting to sink in that he was actually about to twine for the first time.
Now at last he understood why twining was so highly regarded, why it was considered a delight more powerful even than coupling.
So the invasion he had feared so long had happened at last, and no one had bothered to summon him!
Indeed Salaman began then to realize that he too was at last awakening to the thing that was coming upon them this day.
Pontiac had been warned at last of this new danger, and had sent his trusty Ottawas, leaping like deer, down the river banks with a faint hope that the approaching convoy might still be cut off.