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Later

adverb

1.

Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. Synonyms: after, afterward, afterwards, later on, subsequently. "He's going to the store but he'll be back here later" , "It didn't happen until afterward" , "Two hours after that"

2.

At some eventual time in the future. Synonym: by and by. "I'll see you later"

3.

Comparative of the adverb 'late'.

adjective

1.

Coming at a subsequent time or stage. Synonyms: posterior, ulterior. "The mood posterior to"

2.

At or toward an end or late period or stage of development. Synonym: late. "A later symptom of the disease" , "Later medical science could have saved the child"

Late

adjective

(compar. later, or latter; superl. latest or last)

1.

Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time. "Late 18th century" , "A late movie" , "Took a late flight" , "Had a late breakfast"

2.

After the expected or usual time; delayed. Synonyms: belated, tardy. "I'm late for the plane" , "The train is late" , "Tardy children are sent to the principal" , "Always tardy in making dental appointments"

3.

Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time. Synonym: recent. "Their late quarrel" , "His recent trip to Africa" , "In recent months" , "A recent issue of the journal"

4.

Having died recently.

5.

Of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages.

6.

At or toward an end or late period or stage of development. Synonym: later. "A later symptom of the disease" , "Later medical science could have saved the child"

7.

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past. Synonyms: former, previous. "Our late President is still very active" , "The previous occupant of the White House"

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"Later" Quotes from Famous Books

... that two souls, which have found and recognized each other, may be allowed to finish their brief life-journey, arm in arm, and face to face; that I may be a support to her in suffering, and that she may be a consolation and precious burden to me until we reach the end. And if a still later spring were promised to her life, if her burdens were taken from her—Oh, what blissful scenes crowded upon my vision! The castle of her deceased mother, in the Tyrol, belonged to her. There, on the green mountains, ...

— Memories • Max Muller

... influence which the controversies, in which he was engaged, had upon his literary reputation. A direct result of them at the time was not only to impair the estimation in which his previous writings had been held, but to cause the later productions of his pen to be treated with systematic injustice. Both in England and America the effect of this hostile criticism ...

— James Fenimore Cooper - American Men of Letters • Thomas R. Lounsbury

... feared," I said to Araminta on returning a few moments later. "We are not going to be infested after all. The vermin has been sighted ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, February 11, 1920 • Various

... fault with all the accounts and miracles, and prove them false if possible. This is done to make certain that all the accounts are true and the miracles real. If everything is found as represented, then the good man is declared venerable, later beatified, i.e., called blessed, and still later canonized, i.e., declared a saint. If he is only beatified, he can be honored publicly only in certain places or by certain persons; but if he is canonized, he ...

— Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) - An Explanation Of The Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine • Thomas L. Kinkead

... tell one a tradition that seems older and more barbaric than any description of their adventures or of themselves in written text or story that has taken form in the mouths of professed story-tellers. Finn and the Fianna found welcome among the court poets later than did Cuchulain; and one finds memories of Danish invasions and standing armies mixed with the imaginations of hunters and solitary fighters among great woods. One never hears of Cuchulain delighting in the hunt or in woodland things; and one imagines that the ...

— Gods and Fighting Men • Lady I. A. Gregory

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