last-minute

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌlæˈsmɪnət/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Done, made, or occurring at the latest possible time; at the very end of a period before a deadline or event.; Characterized by haste or urgency due to being done at the final moment.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

last-minute decisionlast-minute changelast-minute deallast-minute rushlast-minute bookinglast-minute cancellationlast-minute goal

Synonyms

eleventh-hourbelatedlatetardy

Antonyms

earlyadvancepremature

Commonly confused

last minute
EN: 'last minute' (no hyphen) is a noun phrase as in 'at the last minute'; 'last-minute' (hyphenated) is the adjective form used before a noun.

Spelling tips

EN: Always hyphenate 'last-minute' when it functions as a compound adjective before a noun (e.g., 'a last-minute decision'). Without the hyphen, 'last minute' is a noun phrase (e.g., 'at the last minute').

💬 Examples

  1. She made a last-minute change to her presentation just before walking into the meeting.

  2. The team's last-minute preparations left everyone feeling stressed and unorganized.