1. penultimate - Noun
2. penultimate - Adjective
3. penultimate - Adjective Satellite
Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
The penult.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI 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