last but not least

last but not least
adverb
in addition to all the foregoing
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last not least he plays the saxophone

• Syn: ↑last not least

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last but not least
Finally but not less importantly
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Main Entry: ↑last

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last but not least phrase
used when you mention the final person or thing in a list, in order to say that they are equally important

Last but not least, I want to thank my wife Laura for all her help during the campaign.

Thesaurus: words and expressions when listing thingssynonym types of listhyponym
Main entry: last

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last in order of mention or occurrence but just as important

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last but not least
— used to say that a final statement is not less important than previous statements

The television is big, has an excellent picture, and last but not least, it's cheap.

Last but not least, I would like to introduce our new vice president.

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Main Entry: ↑last
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last but not least — see ↑last, 3
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Main Entry: ↑least

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ˌlast but not ˈleast idiom
used when mentioning the last person or thing of a group, in order to say that they are not less important than the others

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Last but not least, I'd like to thank all the catering staff.

Main entry: ↑lastidiom

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  • last but not least — {adv. phr.} In the last place but not the least important. * /Billy will bring sandwiches, Alice will bring cake, Susan will bring cookies, John will bring potato chips, and last but not least, Sally will bring the lemonade./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • last but not least — {adv. phr.} In the last place but not the least important. * /Billy will bring sandwiches, Alice will bring cake, Susan will bring cookies, John will bring potato chips, and last but not least, Sally will bring the lemonade./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • last, (but) not least — 〈[la:st (bʌt) nɔt li:st]〉 der Letzte, (aber) nicht der Geringste, an letzter Stelle genannt, aber deshalb nicht weniger wichtig ● meine Mutter, meine Geschwister und, last, (but) not least, mein Vater waren der Meinung, dass ...; wir müssen noch… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • last, but not least — last, (but) not least 〈[la:st (bʌt) not li:st]〉 an letzter Stelle genannt, aber nicht am geringsten dem Werte nach; meine Schwester, meine Freundin sowie last, but not least meine Eltern [Etym.: engl., »das Letzte, (jedoch) nicht das Geringste«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • last, but not least — [ la:st bʌt nɔt li:st; ]: ↑ last, not least …   Universal-Lexikon

  • last but not least —   [ lɑːst bət nɔt liːst; englisch, nach einer Stelle in Shakespeares »Julius Ceasar« (3,1)], auch last, not least, bildungssprachlich für: an letzter Stelle genannt, aber der Bedeutung nach durchaus nicht am geringsten; nicht zu vergessen; nicht… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • last, but not least — [ lɑ:st bʌt nɔt li:st] <engl. ; »als Letzter (bzw. Letztes), aber nicht als Geringster (bzw. Geringstes)«> svw. ↑last, not least …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • last but not least — When Antony in Shakespeare s Julius Caesar (iii.i.190) greets Caesar s assassins, he takes their hands in the order Brutus, Cinna, Casca, and Trebonius, and says to Trebonius: Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius. Though used… …   Modern English usage

  • last, but not least — [ bat nɔt li:...] vgl. last, not least …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • Last but not least — С английского: (ласт бат нот лиист) Последнее по счету, но не по важности. Слова английского поэта Эдмунда Спенсера (1552 1599), которые стали популярными после того, как их дважды использовал в своих пьесах («Король Лир» и «Юлий Цезарь») Уильям… …   Словарь крылатых слов и выражений

  • last but not least — англ. (ласт бат нот лист) последний по счету, но не по важности. Толковый словарь иностранных слов Л. П. Крысина. М: Русский язык, 1998 …   Словарь иностранных слов русского языка

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