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later

See also: låter

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪtə/
  • (US) enPR: lāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈleɪtɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯ɾɚ]
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  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).

AdverbEdit

later

  1. comparative form of late: more late
    You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.
  2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
    My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
    I arrived later than my roommate.
  3. At some unspecified time in the future.
    I wanted to do it now, but I'll have to do it later.

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AdjectiveEdit

later

  1. comparative form of late: more late
    Jim was later than John.
  2. 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.
  3. At some time in the future.
    The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

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InterjectionEdit

later

  1. (slang) See you later; goodbye.
    Later, dude.

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Derived terms

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

later

  1. Comparative form of laat
  2. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

InflectionEdit

Inflection of later
uninflected later
inflected latere
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial later
indefinite m./f. sing. latere
n. sing. later
plural latere
definite latere
partitive laters

AntonymsEdit

AdverbEdit

later

  1. later
  2. in the future

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”), or from *stelh₃- (“broad”) (in which case latus would be its neuter form).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

later m (genitive lateris); third declension

  1. brick, tile

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DescendantsEdit

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative later laterēs
genitive lateris laterum
dative laterī lateribus
accusative laterem laterēs
ablative latere lateribus
vocative later laterēs

ReferencesEdit

Mauritian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French terre

NounEdit

later

  1. land, earth, soil

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

later

  1. present tense of late

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.

AdjectiveEdit

later

  1. lazy, sluggish

DeclensionEdit

Declension of later (strong)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative later lat lat
accusative latan lata lat
dative latum, -om latri, -re latu, -o
genitive lats latrar lats
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative latir, -e(r) latar lat
accusative lata latar lat
dative latum, -om latum, -om latum, -om
genitive latra latra latra
Declension of later (weak)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lati, -e lata lata
accusative lata latu, -o lata
dative lata latu, -o lata
genitive lata latu, -o lata
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative latu, -o latu, -o latu, -o
accusative latu, -o latu, -o latu, -o
dative latu, -o latu, -o latu, -o
genitive latu, -o latu, -o latu, -o

DescendantsEdit

Seychellois CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French terre

NounEdit

later

  1. land, earth, soil

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

later

  1. indefinite plural of lat
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