penultimate

Speech parts

1. penultimate - Noun

2. penultimate - Adjective

3. penultimate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

The penult.

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Examples

I forced myself to picture the last moments. The penultimate breath. A final sigh. And yet. It was always followed by another. Nicole Krauss

At the penultimate moment, his words, his only ones, words wholly unobstructed in the utterance were these - "God bless Captain Vere!" Herman Melville

This is space. It's sometimes called the final frontier. (Except that of course you can't have afrontier, because there'd be nothing for it to be a frontier, but as frontiers go, it's pretty penultimate...) Terry Pratchett

You'll pardon me for being quick, but at this very moment brownies are coming into their ultimate form. Well, penultimate form, really. Let's not dwell on what happens afterward, or I'll lose my appetite. Brian Clevinger

Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement. Edward Dahlberg

the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter Source: Internet

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