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later

Definitions

adjective

  1. coming at a subsequent time or stage
  2. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

adverb

  1. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
  2. at some eventual time in the future
  3. comparative of the adverb `late'

Examples

He came back hours later clothes ragged, an excited look on his face.

But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today

The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.

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latter

Definitions

adjective

  1. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

noun

  1. 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.

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