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Definition of "antepenultimate" []

  • Coming before the next to the last in a series. (adjective)
  • An antepenult. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "antepenultimate" in a sentence
  • "The word is "antepenultimate", not "antipenultimate". (i.e., it's "the one before the one before the last" ... not "not the one before the last") 3."
  • "I finished row 40 of the antepenultimate (11th) complete pattern repeat of the Princess centre."
  • "I have just finished the antepenultimate bunch – so seven repeats, more or less, will finish edging the centre, then there will be 13 or 14 on the second edge of the border."
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