penultimate
next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
of or relating to a penult or the next to the last syllable in a word: In the word appropriate,-pri- is the penultimate syllable.
a penult.
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How to use penultimate in a sentence
But then that big bang that ended the penultimate episode happened.
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The penultimate episode of the series found Walter White (Bryan Cranston) alone in a New Hampshire cabin.
‘Breaking Bad’ Meets ‘Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium’… And It Is Glorious | Amy Zimmerman | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe penultimate band is $200,000 to $250,000, which is ten times as wide as the previous band.
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It is a derivative word, from Algonkin, and gan the penultimate syllable of the Odjibwa term Sa-g--gan, a lake.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftInner lip rather thick and reflected on the base of the penultimate whorl.
Our British Snails | John William Horsley"You would not have known me then," returned Lady Sellingworth, with the slightest possible stress on the penultimate word.
December Love | Robert Hichens"I don't doubt your friendship for Mr. Armine," he said, at last, laying a faint stress upon the penultimate word.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensIt is fully dealt with in the von Berlepsch Bill in the above-mentioned provision of the penultimate paragraph of § 120a.
The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection | Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schffle
British Dictionary definitions for penultimate
/ (pɪˈnʌltɪmɪt) /
next to the last
anything that is next to the last, esp a penult
Origin of penultimate
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