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last [ last ] (past and past participle last·ed, present participle last·ing, 3rd person present singular lasts)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
be able to be used: to continue to be used or available for a period of time
The provisions lasted for ten days.
The fruit lasted us a week.

[ Old English læstan "last, follow" < Germanic]
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