Dictionary Definition
later adj
1 coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the
future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting
future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without
ulterior argument" [syn: future(a),
later(a),
ulterior]
2 at or toward an end or late period or stage of
development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the
disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" [syn:
late, later(a)] [ant:
early] adv
1 happening at a time subsequent to a reference
time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but
he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two
hours after that" [syn: subsequently, afterwards, afterward, after, later on]
2 at some eventual time in the future; "By and by
he'll understand"; "I'll see you later" [syn: by and
by]
3 comparative of the adverb `late'; "he stayed
later than you did"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /leɪtə/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(r)
Adverb
later- The of the adverb 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.
- My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
- At some unspecified time in the future.
- I wanted to do it now, but I'll have to do it later.
Translations
more late
afterward in time
at some unspecified time in the future
Adjective
later- comparative 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.
- At some time in the future.
- The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
Translations
more late
coming afterward in time
- Finnish: myöhempi
- Polish: późniejszy
- Portuguese: subsequentemente
Interjection
later- See you
later; goodbye.
- Later, dude.
Translations
see you later
Derived terms
Dutch
Adjective
later, latere- later ()
Latin
Extensive Definition
Later may refer to:
- Later (talk show)
- Later... with Jools Holland, a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
after,
after a time, after a while, after all, after that, afterward, afterwards, anon, approaching, attendant, before long,
behind, by, by and by, by destiny, cadet, coming, consecutive, deathbed, desired, destinal, destined, determined, eleventh-hour,
emergent, ensuing, eventual, ex post facto,
extrapolated,
fatal, fatally, fated, fatidic, following, forthcoming, future, futuristic, hereafter, hoped-for, hopefully, imminent, imminently, in aftertime, in
the aftermath, in the future, in the sequel, junior, last-minute, late, latter, lineal, nearing, newly come, next, of yesterday, planned, plotted, posterior, predictably, predicted, probable, probably, projected, prophesied, prospective, proximo, puisne, recent, sequent, since, soon, subsequent, subsequently, succeeding, successive, then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith, to come, to-be,
tomorrow, ultimate, younger