later
English edit
Etymology edit
- 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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪtə/
- (US) enPR: lāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈleɪtɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯ɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Adverb edit
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.
Synonyms edit
- (afterward in time): afterwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
- (at some unspecified time in the future): later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
more late
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afterward in time
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at some unspecified time in the future
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Adjective edit
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.
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
more late
coming afterward in time
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at some time in the future
Interjection edit
later
- (slang) See you later; goodbye.
- Later, dude.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Translations edit
see you later
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Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
later
- comparative degree of laat
- Having to do with or occurring in the future.
Inflection edit
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 |
Antonyms edit
Adverb edit
later
Antonyms edit
Interjection edit
later
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”), or from *stelh₃- (“broad”) (in which case latus would be its neuter form).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ter/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ter/, [ˈläːt̪er]
Noun edit
later m (genitive lateris); third declension
Declension edit
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 terms edit
References edit
- “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 Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
later
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
later
Old Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.
Adjective edit
later
Declension edit
Declension of later (strong)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | later | lat | lat |
accusative | latan | lata | lat |
dative | latum latom |
latri latre |
latu lato |
genitive | lats | latrar | lats |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | latir later |
latar | lat |
accusative | lata | latar | lat |
dative | latum latom |
latum latom |
latum latom |
genitive | latra lata |
latra lata |
latra lata |
Declension of later (weak)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | lati late |
lata | lata |
accusative | lata | latu lato |
lata |
dative | lata | latu lato |
lata |
genitive | lata | latu lato |
lata |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | latu lato |
latu lato |
latu lato |
accusative | latu lato |
latu lato |
latu lato |
dative | latu lato |
latu lato |
latu lato |
genitive | latu lato |
latu lato |
latu lato |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: lat
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
later
Seychellois Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
later
Swedish edit
Noun edit
later
- indefinite plural of lat