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first and last en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (attributive, not-comparable) only
    • This is the first and last time I'm doing this.

Relateds

one and only

first and last en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) altogether; wholly
    • He is a gentleman, first and last.
    • I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last. Sofia had been courageous in her misfortune; she had never wished to be a burden on me; she had hidden nothing from me as regards her past; I had sworn that her past no longer mattered, and then I had beaten her nearly to death. 1937, Gian Dàuli, The Wheel Turns, page 345:

Synonyms

in detail · soundly · perfectly · top to tail · right · all the way · stark · from A to Z · from top to bottom · well and truly · out and out · all-out · utterly · totes · root and branch · finally · wholly · out-and-out · completely · flat-out · stone-cold · absolutely · properly · lock · and barrel · soup-to-nuts · hook · through and through · head to foot · at length · cap-a-pie · particularly · and sinker · in full · head to tail · whole cloth · purely · blind · at large · quite · handsomely · categorically · exhaustively · whole · straight up · totally · from head to toe · flat out · line · stock · from aardvark to zymurgy · plumb · altogether · first and last · from top to toe · entirely · tout à fait · from stem to stern · detailly · top to toe · head to toe · one hundred percent · fully · to the bone · to the core · downright · from the rooter to the tooter · heartily · outright · from soup to nuts · cold · to the full

first and last en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A person's combined given name and surname.
    • Hi, Yes, I'm here to register as a new primary care patient. OK, I'll have you fill out a form on this digital tablet, but first I need your first and last, date of birth, and the last four of your social [the ending digits of an identification number].

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Translations (1)

es nombre y apellido (given name and surname)