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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. next to the last;
- Example: "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"
- Example: "the figures in the next-to-last column"
[syn: penultimate, next-to-last]

2. used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college;
- Example: "the junior class"
- Example: "a third-year student"
[syn: junior(a), third-year, next-to-last]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

next-to-last \next-to-last\ adj. next preceding the last; as, the figures in the next-to-last column. [Narrower terms: junior(prenominal), third-year] Syn: penultimate. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

next-to-last adj 1: next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column" [syn: penultimate, next-to-last] 2: used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" [syn: junior(a), third-year, next-to-last]