last-time
Ultimate prior instance
Last-time functions as an adjective meaning final or occurring for the last time: a last-time buyer, last-time visitors to the park.
The hyphenated form appears mainly in technical or marketing contexts to describe someone doing something they won't do again, often contrasted with first-time.
Recalling past experiences
- yesteryearTime not long past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- memoryMind's retention capacity
recollection · reflection · looking back · remembrance · golden days · halcyon days · melancholy · reverie
Permanent refusal to repeat
- once and for allFinally and permanently
- point of no returnThreshold beyond which reversal impossible
- terminusFinal destination point
- conclusionEnd or deduction
end of an era · culmination · final round · no more · the end · curtain call · finale
Departing salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
final goodbye · bon voyage · au revoir · adios · fare-thee-well · separation · departure · closing chapter
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- yesteryearTime not long past
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
memory · recollection · reflection · looking back · remembrance · golden days · halcyon days · melancholy · reverie · retrospection
never again
Permanent refusal to repeat
- once and for allFinally and permanently
- point of no returnThreshold beyond which reversal impossible
- terminusFinal destination point
end of an era · conclusion · culmination · final round · no more · the end · curtain call · finale
goodbye
Departing salutation
leave-taking · final goodbye · bon voyage · au revoir · adios · fare-thee-well · separation · departure · closing chapter · final chapter
last-timefirst-time
Never previously experienced
first time · next time · opening time · debut · first instance
last, time, lasts, lasted, lasting, lastly, times, timed, timing