last but not least

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Etymology

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Rhetoric: A possible/common pattern to arrange a speech or essay suggests putting your strongest and thus most important argument favoring your own opinion first and conclude with the weakest, thus least important argument.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlæst bʌt nɑt ˈlist/ (US)
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑːst bʌt nɒt ˈliːst/ (UK)
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adverb

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last but not least often followed by a comma

  1. An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.

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