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CliveHi,Do you mean the definition at the bottom of the list of definitions. or the latest definition added?CliveI meant the last listed definition of lame on the website dictionary.com.
Clives you can see, it is slightly ambiguous, but in conversation such things are easily clarified.I know Clive. Speaking and writing are two totally different things. If you've never learned grammar or studied English, then your writing would more than likely be sub par. When I speak to people, depending on the subject of course, usually they know I'm a C
Aspara GusI don’t find the sentence ambiguous at all.I find it potentially ambiguous. The latest update to the site may deal with the first, not the last, definition.
Aspara GusOK, then.What’s the final definition of "lame" on Dictionary.com?We still have the problem. Last and final suggest the one that happens to be bottom on the list. 'Latest' suggests 'most recent' - and that need not be the bottom one.