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PENULTIMATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The next to last syllable in a word
Synonyms:
penult; penultima; penultimate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("penultimate" is a kind of...):
syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Second last
Example:
the figures in the next-to-last column
Synonyms:
next-to-last; penultimate
Classified under:
Similar:
intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or state)
