ladder vs latter
Definitions
noun
- steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
- a row of unravelled stitches
- ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
verb
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
Examples
The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder.
I was filming a music video in Central Kingston in the middle of general elections, when gunmen shot up a group of people on the corner playing ludo (snakes and ladders) and dominoes.
Jane's language skills enabled her to forge ahead on the career ladder.
Definitions
adjective
- referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
noun
- the second of two or the second mentioned of two
Examples
The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine.
Then I saw how the ladies came alive at his gentlemanly attentions, how flattered they were by them.
Metformin and sulfonylurea drugs -- the latter a class of diabetes drugs including glyburide, glipizide, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide and tolazamide -- are often among the first medications prescribed to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes.
