latter vs former vs 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.
Their feet clattered over the faux marble floor past the reference desk towards the closet.
Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you.
Definitions
adjective
- belonging to some prior time
- referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
- (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
- belonging to the distant past
noun
- the first of two or the first mentioned of two
Examples
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.
Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
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
Jane's language skills enabled her to forge ahead on the career ladder.
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.
