later

Meanings

Adverb

  • Comparative form or more of late
  • Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
  • At some unspecified time in the future.

Adjective

  • Comparative form or more of late
  • Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
  • Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
  • At some time in the future.

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Origin

  • 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").

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