different between earliest vs latest

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??.li.?st/, enPR: ûr?l??st
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.li.?st/, enPR: ûr?l??st
• Hyphenation: ear?li?est

Adjective

earliest

1. superlative form of early: most early

Derived terms

• at the earliest

Adverb

earliest

1. superlative form of early: most early

Anagrams

• Aleister, ateliers, e-tailers, etailers, laterise, leariest, realties

English

Etymology

From Middle English lateste, from Old English latost, latest, lætest, superlative of læt, whence English late.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?le?.t?st/

Adjective

latest

1. superlative form of late: most late
2. (now rare, poetic) Last, final.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:

     Whiles the sad pang approching she does feele, / Brayes out her latest breath, and vp her eyes doth seele.

3. Most recent.

   Here is the latest news on the accident.

   My latest album, which is being published next week, is better than her last one.

Translations

Adverb

latest

1. superlative form of late: most late
2. At the latest.

   Complete the XYZ task latest by today 5:00PM.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:latest.

Noun

latest (plural latests)

1. The most recent thing, particularly information or news.

   Have you heard the latest?

   What's the latest on the demonstrations in New York?

   Have you met Jane's latest? I hear he's a hunk.

Anagrams

• lattes, sattle, stealt, taslet

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

latest

1. indefinite singular superlative degree of lat