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penultimate

/pɪˈnʌltɪmət/

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noun

A penult, a next-to-last thing, particularly:

Examples :

"The penultimate chapter of the history textbook was about the Civil War. "

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adjective

(in United States usually formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

Examples :

"The penultimate chapter of the book was very exciting. "

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a penult.

Examples :

"The penultimate chapter of the book was more exciting than the previous ones. "

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adjective

Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.

Examples :

"The team celebrated their penultimate victory before the championship game, knowing the final one would be the hardest to win. "

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