later
Etymology
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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, Western Frisian letter, Dutch later, nds-de later.
- comparative form of late
- You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.
- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
- I arrived later than my roommate.
- At some unspecified time in the future.
- I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
- (afterward in time) afterwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
- (at some unspecified time in the future) later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day
- French: plus en retard
- German: später
- Italian: più in ritardo
- Portuguese: mais atrasado
- Russian: по́зже
- Spanish: más tarde
- French: plus tard
- German: später, nachher
- Italian: più tardi, dopo
- Portuguese: depois
- Russian: по́зже
- Spanish: más tarde, después
- French: plus tard
- Italian: più tardi
- Portuguese: mais tarde
- Russian: по́зже
- Spanish: posteriormente
- comparative form of late
- Jim was later than John.
- Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
- Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.
- At some time in the future.
- The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
- French: plus en retard
- Italian: più in ritardo
- Portuguese: mais tarde
- Spanish: más tarde
- French: postérieur
- Italian: posteriore
- Portuguese: subsequentemente, posterior
- Spanish: posterior
- Portuguese: mais atrasado
- Spanish: posterior
- (slang) See you later; goodbye.
- Later, dude.
- French: à plus
- German: bis bald
- Portuguese: até mais (Brazil), falou (Brazil), até logo
- Spanish: hasta luego
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