NSW Opportunity Class
Penultimate
adjective/pen-UL-tim-uht/
The penultimate one is the second-to-last in a series.
In contextThe penultimate chapter left us desperate to read the ending.
Remember it
'Pen-' means almost and 'ultimate' means last — penultimate is almost-last, so second-to-last.
Use it well
Use precisely; it means exactly second-to-last, not simply 'nearly the end'.