Definition of "penultimate" in Englisch

adjective

1. (UK, in US usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

2. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult.

3. (mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.

4. (proscribed) pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality

   • This Book is the Proud Purple Penultimate!!
   • This treatment, where two therapists massage the body using warm oils infused with plant extracts, is truly the penultimate experience.

noun

1. (uncommon) A penult, a next to last, particularly: