LAST-MINUTE TOUCH

Meaning of LAST-MINUTE TOUCH in English

final repair, change made when there is little time left

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

MINUTE — adj minute (1. diminutive; 2. as in a minute investigation)
Interlingua English vocab
TOUCH — I. ˈtəch, dial ˈtech or ˈtich verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English tochen, touchen, from Old French tochier, tuchier, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MINUTE — I. min·ute ˈminə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MINUTE — ( a. ) Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCH — — touchable , adj. — touchableness, touchability , n. — toucher , n. — touchless , adj. /tuch/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUTE — minute 1 /min"it/ , n. , v. , minuted, minuting , adj. n. 1. the sixtieth part ( 1 / …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAST — last 1 /last, lahst/ , adj. a superl. of late with later as compar. 1. occurring or coming after all …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUTE — adj. of a minute or minutes; occurring in a minute; instant
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TOUCH — I. ˈtəch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin * toccare to knock, strike a bell, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAST — I. ˈlast verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lǣstan to last, follow; akin to Old English lāst footprint Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
MINUTE — noun a coin; a half farthing. 2. minute ·noun a point of time; a moment. 3. minute ·noun a nautical …
Webster English vocab
LAST — adj in conclusion; finally. 2. last ·noun the burden of a ship; a cargo. 3. last ·adj supreme; highest in …
Webster English vocab
TOUCH — [touch] vb [ME, fr. OF tuchier, fr. (assumed) VL toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, prob. of imit. origin] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAST — [last] vb [ME, fr. OE laestan to last, follow; akin to OE last footprint] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to continue …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MINUTE — in timekeeping, 60 seconds, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MINUTE — I min|ute noun, verb BrE AmE ˈmɪn |ɪt § -ət AmE -|ət ▷ min|uted ɪt ɪd § ət-, -əd AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAST — last, Last BrE AmE lɑːst § læst AmE læst ▷ lasted ˈlɑːst ɪd § ˈlæst-, -əd AmE ˈlæst əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MINUTE — I . *min·ute / ˈmɪnɪt; NAmE / noun , verb —see also minute (II) ■ noun PART OF HOUR 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAST — I . *last / lɑːst; NAmE læst/ determiner , adverb , noun , verb —see also last (II) ■ determiner …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH — / tʌtʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb WITH HAND / PART OF BODY 1. [ vn ] to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH — I. touch 1 S2 W2 /tʌtʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ touched , ↑ untouched , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MINUTE — I. min ‧ ute 1 S1 W1 /ˈmɪnət, ˈmɪnɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAST — I. last 1 S1 W1 /lɑːst $ læst/ BrE AmE determiner , adjective 1 . most recent or nearest to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MINUTE — n. & v. --n. 1 the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty minutes …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAST — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOUCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MINUTE — n. & v. n. 1 the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty minutes …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAST — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Oxford English vocab
MINUTE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty …
Oxford English vocab
LAST — 1. adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most …
Oxford English vocab
MINUTE — I. NOUN AND VERB USES /mɪnɪt/ ( minutes, minuting, minuted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH — ( touches, touching, touched) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAST — ( lasts, lasting, lasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MINUTE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 5 minutes/an hour/20 years etc ago ▪ Her husband died 14 years ago. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAST — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a final/last attempt ▪ They made one final attempt to make their marriage work. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAST — Synonyms and related words : Z, abide, advance, aforegoing, after, aftermost, apodosis, at last, at length, at long last, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAST — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, …
Slang English vocab
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MINUTE — I. noun 1 one sixtieth of an hour ADJECTIVE ▪ closing , final , opening ▪ He scored in the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOUCH — See ↑ PRESS 1, ↑ REACH 2, ↑ TOUCH 1,3,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a touch of • ↑ a touch/hint/trace …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOUCH — INDEX: 1. to put your hand on someone or something 2. to touch someone or something in a gentle or …
Longman Activator English vocab
MINUTE — See ↑ SMALL 2,3,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a minute/a moment • ↑ a minute/second ago • ↑ any minute/moment/time now …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — See ↑ BEFORE 4, ↑ CONTINUE 2, ↑ ENOUGH/NOT ENOUGH 1, ↑ LAST 1,5,6,7, ↑ REMAIN 2, ↑ SURVIVE 1 …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — INDEX: coming at the end 1. coming at the end after all others 2. to be the last one in …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOUCH — n. 25B6; verb his shoes were touching the end of the bed : BE IN CONTACT WITH, come into contact …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINUTE — n. 25B6; adjective minute particles : TINY, minuscule, microscopic, very small, little, micro, diminutive, miniature, baby, toy, dwarf, pygmy, Lilliputian; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINUTE — n. 25B6; noun it'll only take a minute : MOMENT, short time, little while, second, bit, instant; informal sec, jiffy; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAST — n. 25B6; adjective the last woman in the queue : REARMOST, hindmost, endmost, at the end, at the back, furthest …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOUCH — v. 1 put (one's) hand on, feel, handle She leant forward and touched my hand 2 bring into contact with, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MINUTE — n. 1 instant, second, split second, flash, moment, before you can say 'Jack Robinson', blink or wink or twinkling of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LAST — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, …
Словарь английских идиом
MINUTE — noun 1 BAD : The train arrived at exactly twelve past three. GOOD : The train arrived at exactly twelve …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LAST — I noun BAD : First we listened to the tape, then we answered some questions, and at last we wrote …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TOUCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) прикосновение delicate touch ≈ нежное, осторожное прикосновение gentle, light, soft touch ≈ мягкое, легкое прикосновение heavy …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MINUTE — I 1. сущ. 1) минута а) (о времени) 1/60 часть часа б) астр., мат. 1/60 часть градуса 2) короткое расстояние …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAST — I 1. прил. 1) превосх. от late 1. 2) а) последний to come in last ≈ приходить последним (на скачках) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCH — touch.ogg 1. tʌtʃ n 1. прикосновение; касание at a touch - при (первом) прикосновении a touch of /with/ a stick …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MINUTE — minute.ogg _I 1. ʹmınıt n 1. минута it is ten minutes to three - (сейчас) без десяти три it is …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAST — last.ogg _I 1. lɑ:st n 1. 1> последний, последнее the last of the Stuart Kings - последний король из династии …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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