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Later   /lˈeɪtər/   Listen
Later

adverb
1.
Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.  Synonyms: after, afterward, afterwards, later on, subsequently.  "He's going to the store but he'll be back here later" , "It didn't happen until afterward" , "Two hours after that"
2.
At some eventual time in the future.  Synonym: by and by.  "I'll see you later"
3.
Comparative of the adverb 'late'.
adjective
1.
Coming at a subsequent time or stage.  Synonyms: posterior, ulterior.  "The mood posterior to"
2.
At or toward an end or late period or stage of development.  Synonym: late.  "A later symptom of the disease" , "Later medical science could have saved the child"  Antonym: early.


Late

adjective
(compar. later, or latter; superl. latest or last)
1.
Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.  "Late 18th century" , "A late movie" , "Took a late flight" , "Had a late breakfast"  Antonyms: early, middle.
2.
After the expected or usual time; delayed.  Synonyms: belated, tardy.  "I'm late for the plane" , "The train is late" , "Tardy children are sent to the principal" , "Always tardy in making dental appointments"
3.
Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.  Synonym: recent.  "Their late quarrel" , "His recent trip to Africa" , "In recent months" , "A recent issue of the journal"
4.
Having died recently.
5.
Of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages.  Antonyms: early, middle.
6.
At or toward an end or late period or stage of development.  Synonym: later.  "A later symptom of the disease" , "Later medical science could have saved the child"  Antonym: early.
7.
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past.  Synonyms: former, previous.  "Our late President is still very active" , "The previous occupant of the White House"



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"Later" Quotes from Famous Books



... way, Austin," said his aunt, as they were separating for the night a few hours later, "I want you to go into the town to-morrow and tell Snewin to send a man up at once to look at the roof. I'm afraid it's been in rather a bad state for some time past, and those heavy rains we had last week seem to have damaged it still ...
— Austin and His Friends • Frederic H. Balfour
... A minute later four or five men with a lantern rushed into the room. They were all armed with muskets, and ...
— The Treasure of the Incas • G. A. Henty
... An hour later the canoe was out of sight, and we, with an indefinable feeling of sadness creeping round our hearts, were seated in silence beneath the shadow of our bower, meditating on the wonderful events of the last ...
— The Coral Island - A Tale Of The Pacific Ocean • R. M. Ballantyne
... wild; reeling along the pavement, crying out in drunken exclamations and mutterings. It was the most sickening sight the young man had ever seen, and with perhaps the exception of a fight he witnessed some days later between two such characters, the ...
— Story of Chester Lawrence • Nephi Anderson
... introduced in Parliament his first bill for the suppression of the slave-trade, and though he had the enlightened sympathy of Mr. Pitt, the eminent premier did not dare to make it a ministerial measure. The bill was rejected by a large vote. It was not until fifteen years later that the conscience of England won a victory over the organized capital engaged in the infamous traffic. It was the young and struggling Republic in America that led the way, and she led the way under the counsel and direction of Southern statesmen. American slave-holders ...
— Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine


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