NEXT-TO-LAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does next-to-last mean? 

• NEXT-TO-LAST (adjective)
  The adjective NEXT-TO-LAST has 2 senses:

1. second last

2. used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

  Familiarity information: NEXT-TO-LAST used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEXT-TO-LAST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Second last

Synonyms:

next-to-last; penultimate

Context example:

the figures in the next-to-last column

Similar:

intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

Synonyms:

junior; next-to-last; third-year

Context example:

a third-year student

Similar:

intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or state)

 Context examples 

The substitution of missing data with the next-to-last value that is not missing.

(Penultimate Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus)

Penultimate Observation Carried Forward: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the subject's next-to-last nonmissing value.

(Penultimate Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)