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LATEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does latest mean?
• LATEST (noun)
The noun LATEST has 1 sense:
1. the most recent news or development
Familiarity information: LATEST used as a noun is very rare.
• LATEST (adjective)
The adjective LATEST has 2 senses:
1. up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
2. in the current fashion or style
Familiarity information: LATEST used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most recent news or development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
have you heard the latest?
Hypernyms ("latest" is a kind of...):
intelligence; news; tidings; word (information about recent and important events)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
Synonyms:
latest; up-to-the-minute
Context example:
the very latest scientific discoveries
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In the current fashion or style
Synonyms:
a la mode; in style; in vogue; latest; modish
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Context examples
It's the latest of a swathe of evidence suggesting the gut microbiome could play a powerful role in weight regulation.
(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Researchers say the latest findings push back against results from other studies that have hinted benefits increase with more running but might drop at very high levels.
(Reduce Risk of Early Death with Any Amount of Running, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The latest images from Dawn, taken nearly 29,000 miles from Ceres, reveal that a bright spot that stands out in previous images lies close to yet another bright area.
('Bright Spot' on Ceres Has Dimmer Companion, NASA)
Their latest findings show that our ability to resist yawning when someone else near us yawns is limited.
(Why Is Yawning so Contagious?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
He comes down on Thursday at the latest, very likely on Wednesday.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Ah, here is my latest from the front!
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Martin got two tumblers, and fell to reading the book of verse, Henry Vaughn Marlow's latest collection.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The latest Chandra observations reveal a third pair of cavities in addition to two that were previously found in NGC 5813, representing three distinct eruptions from the central black hole.
(Chandra Finds Evidence for Serial Black Hole Eruptions, NASA)
In addition to the bright spots, the latest images also show a mountain with steep slopes protruding from a relatively smooth area of the dwarf planet's surface.
(Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images, NASA)
Focusing specifically on calcium, these latest findings looked retrospectively at 4,751 AREDS participants who had been followed for an average of 10 years.
(No evidence that calcium increases risk of age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
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