Penultimate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Next to last.
  • adj. Linguistics Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress.
  • n. The next to the last.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Coming next-to-last in a sequence.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a penult.
  • n. this sense?) A next-to-last thing.
  • n. A next-to-last syllable in a linguistic unit.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Last but one.
  • n. The penult.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Immediately preceding that member of a series which is the last; next before the last; being the last but one: as, the penultimate syllable; the penultimate joint. Compare antepenultimate.
  • n. That member of a series which is the last but one; specifically, the last syllable but one of a word.
  • n. In whist and bridge, the lowest but one of a suit.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the next to last syllable in a word
  • adj. next to the last
    • Equivalent
    intermediate   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    syllable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    second last    next-to-last   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ultimate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    climactic    pupal    unstressed    prefatory    unaccented    larval    four-line    arte    orotund    eleventh   
     
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