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English
Etymology
- Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er.
- Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
later
- comparative form of late: more late
- You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.
- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
- I arrived later than my roommate.
- At some unspecified time in the future.
- I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
- (Manglish, Singlish) What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).
Synonyms
- (afterward in time): afterwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
- (at some unspecified time in the future): later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
more late
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afterward in time
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at some unspecified time in the future
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Adjective
later
- comparative form of late: more late
- Jim was later than John.
- Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
- 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii:
- The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.
- Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.
- At some time in the future.
- The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
Antonyms
Translations
more late
coming afterward in time
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Interjection
later
- (slang) See you later; goodbye.
- Later, dude.
Derived terms
- later days
- later on
- laterward
- laterwards
- save for later
- sooner or later
Translations
see you later
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
later
- comparative degree of laat
- having to do with or occurring in the future
Declension
Antonyms
Adverb
later
Antonyms
Interjection
later
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