LAST MINUTE

Meaning of LAST MINUTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1920

: the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event

• last-minute adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

LAST MINUTE — noun Date: 1920 the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event, last-minute adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAST-MINUTE — adjective see: last minute
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAST-MINUTE — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: last minute : made or occurring at the last minute last-minute plans for preventing the war — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAST MINUTE — noun Etymology: last (II) + minute : the moment or interval of time just before some usually climactic, decisive, or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAST MINUTE — — last-minute , adj. /min"it/ the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAST-MINUTE — see last minute
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAST MINUTE — Function: noun Date: 1920 : the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event – last-minute adjective
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LAST MINUTE — [last minute] n (1920): the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAST-MINUTE — last-minute BrE AmE ˌlɑːs t ˈmɪn ɪt ◂ § -ət AmE ˌlæs t -
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAST-MINUTE — adjective [ usually before noun ] done, decided or organized just before sth happens or before it is too late …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAST-MINUTE — ˌlast-ˈminute BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] happening or done as late as possible before something else happens: a few …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAST-MINUTE — see minute
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAST-MINUTE — see minute
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LAST-MINUTE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a last-minute dash (= very fast, because you have very little time remaining ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAST MINUTE — Synonyms and related words : belatedness, cursory, deathbed, eleventh hour, eleventh-hour, expeditious, festinate, feverish, flying, furious, hasty, high time, hurried, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAST-MINUTE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LAST-MINUTE — adj. Last-minute is used with these nouns: ↑ cancellation , ↑ dash , ↑ deal , ↑ decision , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LAST-MINUTE — сделаный в последнюю минуту (перед чем-л.) - * preparations последние приготовления случившийся в последнюю минуту - * relief спасение, пришедшее …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAST-MINUTE — a 1> сделанный в последнюю минуту ( перед чем-л. ) last-minute preparations - последние приготовления 2> случившийся в последнюю минуту …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAST MINUTE — (r) сделанный в последнюю минуту; случившийся в последнюю минуту
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LAST-MINUTE — a 1) сделанный в последнюю минуту ( перед чем-л. ) ~ preparations - последние приготовления 2) случившийся в последнюю минуту …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LAST-MINUTE — a 1> сделанный в последнюю минуту ( перед чем-л. ) last-minute preparations - последние приготовления 2> случившийся в последнюю минуту …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LAST-MINUTE — сделаный в последнюю минуту (перед чем-л.) - * preparations последние приготовления случившийся в последнюю минуту - * relief спасение, пришедшее …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MINUTE — adj minute (1. diminutive; 2. as in a minute investigation)
Interlingua English vocab
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
LAST
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
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
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MINUTE — I. noun 1 one sixtieth of an hour ADJECTIVE ▪ closing , final , opening ▪ He scored in the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
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
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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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