later
pronunciation
How to pronounce later in British English:
UK [ˈleɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce later in American English:
US [ˈleɪtər]
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- Adjective:
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
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- Adverb:
- happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- at some eventual time in the future
- comparative of the adverb `late'
Word Origin
- later
- comparative of late. Meaning "farewell" is from 1954, U.S. slang, short for see you later.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Growth may firm up later this year .
- 2. She died two years later .
- 3. Apache 1.0 was released later that year .
- 4. Those trades later were cancelled .
- 5. A year later we married .