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UK
/lˈeɪtɐ/
]
[ US /ˈɫeɪtɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫeɪtɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
coming at a subsequent time or stage
without ulterior argument
the mood posterior to -
at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
the late phase of feudalism
a later symptom of the disease
later medical science could have saved the child
ADVERB
-
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
it didn't happen until afterward
he apologized subsequently
he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
two hours after that -
at some eventual time in the future
I'll see you later
By and by he'll understand -
comparative of the adverb `late'
he stayed later than you did
How To Use later In A Sentence
- He came back hours later clothes ragged, an excited look on his face.
- 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.
- Not that I'm denigrating the effort - I'm good for a few quid once I've got a few beers in me later tonight - but the enforced jollity does occasionally grate.
- 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 USATODAY.com
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- A few weeks later I was fired from my job at Hunter College.
- Two years later she was omitted from the European squad that relinquished the trophy in Minnesota.
- It avoids a phony moral high ground or fake appeals to the sanctity of multilateralism. Globe and Mail
- To reduce the wing trim drag, the fuselage was fitted with lateral surfaces called chines, which actually converted the forward fuselage into a fixed canard which developed lift.
- The tranquility of Birch's daytime views hardly characterized the disputative climate surrounding the building, then and later.