first and last

Speech parts

1. first and last - Noun

2. first and last - Adjective

3. first and last - Adverb

Meaning

taking everything together

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

above all firstly beau alpha and omega darling first only love sole dear especially unique alone sugar absolute
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Antonyms

lastly last finally enemy ultimately conclude
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Examples

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our first and last love is self-love. Christian Nestell Bovee

Its best to live as if it were the first and last day of my life. Paulo Coelho

My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing. William James

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons

I hoped the dramatic power of the play would rest on that tension between elegant structure - the underlying plan is that you see the first and last meeting of every couple in the play - and inelegant emotion. Patrick Marber

Close letter words and terms

first among siblings first and final first and foremost first and last name first and last names first and the last