Latest
['leɪtɪst] or ['letɪst]
Definition
(noun.) the most recent news or development; 'have you heard the latest?'.
(adj.) in the current fashion or style .
Typed by Dominic--From WordNet
Definition
adj. superl. of late.
Typed by Essie
Examples
- The latest achievement in marine architecture, however, is the Deutschland, built for the Hamburg-American Company. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We have seen, in treating of safes and locks, how burglars keep pace with the latest inventions to protect property by the use of dynamite and nitro-glycerine explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The latest type of super-dreadnaught for the United States Navy, with a displacement of 27,500 tons and engines of 28,000 horse-power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Talking scandal is a very harmless occupation, and, as the Rector seems interested, I think I will go and hear the latest story of Belgravia. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- An illustration of the next latest type of this machine is presented in Fig. 2. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I've given 'em the latest Yankee shine. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The latest, loudest, and most impressive form of the talking machine is the Graphophone Grand. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Each firm had its own army of boys, numbering from twelve to fifteen, whose duties were to ascertain the latest quotations from the different exchanges. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The wonderful Bank, of which he was the chief projector, establisher, and manager, was the latest of the many Merdle wonders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- One of the latest forms of such a collector has for its essential principle the vertical or rotatory air current, which it is claimed moves and precipitates the finest particles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The gentlemen were dressed in the very latest Paris fashions, and the robes of the ladies glinted among the trees like so many snowflakes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- England has equipped several of her latest battleships with 15-inch guns and other nations are following in the same direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the preparation of this work the object has been to present all the best as well as the latest practical receipts, prescriptions, and trade secrets. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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