next-to-last Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite next to the last
   penultimate.
   
   • the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter
   • the figures in the next-to-last column
2. adjective satellite used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
   junior; third-year.
   
   • the junior class
   • a third-year student

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