last vs moderate

last

adj
  • Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. 

  • Being the only one remaining of its class. 

  • Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. 

  • Lowest in rank or degree. 

  • Most recent, latest, last so far. 

  • Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. 

noun
  • A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes. 

  • A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value. 

det
  • The (one) immediately before the present. 

  • Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago. 

verb
  • To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. 

  • To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last. 

  • To endure, continue over time. 

adv
  • Most recently. 

  • after everything else; finally 

moderate

adj
  • Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle. 

  • Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative. 

  • Average priced; standard-deal 

  • more than mild, less than severe 

  • Mediocre 

  • Not excessive; acting in moderation 

verb
  • To become less excessive 

  • To reduce the excessiveness of (something) 

  • To preside over (something) as a moderator 

  • To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise 

  • To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission). 

noun
  • One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics. 

  • One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843. 

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