last minute

Speech parts

1. last minute - Noun

2. last minute - Adjective

3. last minute - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

the latest possible moment

just before a deadline; at the last minute

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

last-minute

Synonyms

eleventh hour last late final head past behind latter slow immediate gone ultimate delayed closing backward
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Antonyms

firstly first early end final beginning
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Hypernyms

second moment minute instant

Examples

money became available at the eleventh hour Source: Internet

at the last minute the government changed the rules Source: Internet

last-minute arrangements Source: Internet

According to a Minnesota State Lottery press release, Engstrom and his wife were in Mankato doing some last-minute Christmas shopping when he stopped at Kwik Trip. Source: Internet

Abuja – Nigeria will lobby for its candidate to head the World Trade Organization, the country’s foreign ministry said in reaction to her last-minute rejection by Washington that threw the regulator’s leadership selection process into confusion. Source: Internet

ABUJA: Nigeria will lobby for its candidate to head the World Trade Organization, the country's foreign ministry said in reaction to her last-minute rejection by Washington that threw the regulator's leadership selection process into confusion. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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