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 penultimate penultimate /pɛˈnʌltəmət/

adjective

  1. Second last  ( next-to-last , penultimate )
    second last
     The author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter
    the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter
     The figures in the next-to-last column
    the figures in the next-to-last column

noun

  1. The next to last syllable in a word  ( penult , penultima , penultimate )
    the next to last syllable in a word