penultimate

  • 11penultimate — pe|nul|ti|mate [peˈnʌltımıt, pə ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: paenultimus, from paene almost + ultimus last ] not the last, but immediately before the last = ↑last but one →↑ultimate ▪ the penultimate chapter …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12penultimate — pe|nul|ti|mate [ pə nʌltımət ] adjective only before noun FORMAL just before the last in a series: the penultimate chapter …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13penultimate — adjective (only before noun) literary next to the last: the penultimate chapter …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14penultimate — UK [pəˈnʌltɪmət] / US adjective [only before noun] formal just before the last in a series the penultimate chapter …

    English dictionary

  • 15penultimate — /pəˈnʌltəmət / (say puh nultuhmuht) adjective 1. next to the last: *Thus, Byabarra is, according to the A.B.C. Pronunciation Advisory Committee, pronounced with the stress on the penultimate syllable, By aBARa. –sidney j baker, 1966. 2. of the… …

  • 16penultimate / ultimate —    Penultimate means the next to the last (the ultimate) : Little did Al Pacca know that the penultimate shrimp he ate was the one that gave him food poisoning.    Ultimate is the last or best: I found the ultimate gift for Gary this year …

    Confused words

  • 17penultimate / ultimate —    Penultimate means the next to the last (the ultimate) : Little did Al Pacca know that the penultimate shrimp he ate was the one that gave him food poisoning.    Ultimate is the last or best: I found the ultimate gift for Gary this year …

    Confused words

  • 18Penultimate Hop Popping — (PHP) is a function performed by certain routers in an MPLS enabled network. It refers to the process whereby the outermost label of an MPLS tagged packet is removed by a Label Switch Router (LSR) before the packet is passed to an adjacent Label… …

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  • 19penultimate — См. penùltima …

    Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • 20penultimate — the one before the last; the second from the end …

    Dictionary of ichthyology