noun🔗ShareA penult, a next-to-last thing, particularly:"The penultimate chapter of the history textbook was about the Civil War. "languagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(in United States usually formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc."The penultimate chapter of the book was very exciting. "timelanguagenumberlistChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf or pertaining to a penult."The penultimate chapter of the book was more exciting than the previous ones. "languagegrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareRelating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form."The team celebrated their penultimate victory before the championship game, knowing the final one would be the hardest to win. "mathscienceelementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading