later

Meaning

1. comparative form of late: more late
2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
3. At some unspecified time in the future.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleɪtə/

Etymology

* 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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late

1. Near the end of a period of time.
2. Specifically, near the end of the day.
3. Associated with the end of a period.
4. Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
5. Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
6. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
7. Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
8. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
9. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
10. Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

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sang the roles of Richard Strauss .

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Go now and come here later .

Later she
👩

sang the roles of Richard Strauss .

While later works make her specifically human , she
👩

retains her magical powers .

This story may also be a

later fabrication , or popular folklore .

Decades later , political unrest in the kingdoms of Elemen turned into bloody
🩸

civil war .

The later years of Amos's life were spent mostly in furthering various philanthropic enterprises .

A

later investigation by the Rwandan

government blamed Hutu extremists in the Rwandan

army .

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleɪtə/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch

later

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Go now and come here later .

Later she 👩 sang the roles of Richard Strauss .

While later works make her specifically human , she 👩 retains her magical powers .

This story may also be a later fabrication , or popular folklore .

Decades later , political unrest in the kingdoms of Elemen turned into bloody 🩸 civil war .

The later years of Amos's life were spent mostly in furthering various philanthropic enterprises .

A later investigation by the Rwandan government blamed Hutu extremists in the Rwandan army .

Questions

Later she
👩

sang the roles of Richard Strauss .

While later works make her specifically human , she
👩

retains her magical powers .

This story may also be a

later fabrication , or popular folklore .

Decades later , political unrest in the kingdoms of Elemen turned into bloody
🩸

civil war .

A

later investigation by the Rwandan

government blamed Hutu extremists in the Rwandan

army .