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Webster 1913 Edition

Later

‖

La′ter

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Lateres
(#)
.
[L.]
A brick or tile.
Knight.

Lat′er

,
Adj.
Compar. of
Late
,
Adj.
&
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Later

LA'TER

,
Adj.
[comp. deg. of late.] Posterior; subsequent.

Definition 2025

later

later

See also: låter

English

Adverb

later

  1. comparative form of late: more late
    You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.
  2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
    My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
    I arrived later than my roommate.
  3. At some unspecified time in the future.
    I wanted to do it now, but I'll have to do it later.

Antonyms

Translations

Adjective

later

  1. comparative form of late: more late
    Jim was later than John.
  2. 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.
  3. At some time in the future.
    The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

Antonyms

Translations

Interjection

later

  1. (slang) See you later; goodbye.
    Later, dude.
  2. (slang) Dismissive term to minimize importance of an annoying persons.

Frequently used with "for you". "Later for you."

Translations

Derived terms

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: added · toward · feeling · #487: later · beyond · rose · age

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaː.tər/

Adjective

later

  1. Comparative form of laat
  2. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Inflection

Inflection of later
uninflected later
inflected latere
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial later
indefinite m./f. sing. latere
n. sing. later
plural latere
definite latere
partitive laters

Antonyms

Adverb

later

  1. later
  2. in the future

Antonyms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‎(“flat”), or from *stelh₃- ‎(“broad”) (in which case latus would be its neuter form).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ter/, [ˈɫa.tɛr]

Noun

later m ‎(genitive lateris); third declension

  1. brick, tile

Descendants

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative later laterēs
genitive lateris laterum
dative laterī lateribus
accusative laterem laterēs
ablative latere lateribus
vocative later laterēs

Derived terms

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.

Adjective

later

  1. lazy, sluggish

Declension

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

later

  1. indefinite plural of lat

Etymology

Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter ‎(“later”), West Frisian letter ‎(“later”), Dutch later ‎(“later”), German Low German later ‎(“later”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lāʹtər
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪtə/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈleɪtɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯ɾɚ]
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

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