later
See also: låter
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
- 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 (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪtə/
- (US) enPR: lāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈleɪtɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯ɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
AdverbEdit
later
- comparative form of late: more 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.
SynonymsEdit
- (afterward in time): afterwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
- (at some unspecified time in the future): later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
more late
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afterward in time
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at some unspecified time in the future
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AdjectiveEdit
later
- comparative form of late: more 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.
AntonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
more late
coming afterward in time
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at some time in the future
InterjectionEdit
later
- (slang) See you later; goodbye.
- Later, dude.
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
see you later
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AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
later
- Comparative form of laat
- Having to do with or occurring in the future.
InflectionEdit
Inflection of later | ||||
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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
AntonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | later | laterēs |
Genitive | lateris | laterum |
Dative | laterī | lateribus |
Accusative | laterem | laterēs |
Ablative | latere | lateribus |
Vocative | later | laterēs |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “later”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “later”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- later in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “later”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “later”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
Mauritian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
later
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
later
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.
AdjectiveEdit
later
DeclensionEdit
Declension of later (strong)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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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, -a | latra, -a | latra, -a |
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
- Swedish: lat
Seychellois CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
later
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
later
- indefinite plural of lat.