latest
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date“the news is up-to-the-minute”“the very latest scientific discoveries”Synonyms: up-to-the-minuteOpposite noncurrentSimilar current
- in the current fashion or styleSynonyms: a la modein stylein voguemodishOpposite unfashionableSimilar fashionable, stylish
Noun (1)
- the most recent news or development“have you heard the latest?”Type of news, intelligence
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“latest” is listed under Late.
Origin: OE. lat slow, slack, AS. læt; akin to OS. lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw. lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, verb See Let to permit, and cf. Alas, Lassitude.
1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54