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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

... You will find a parallel phenomenon in mental work. You may experience a sense of weariness and fatigue in some brain-work which demands close thinking and attention, but if you attack your work a little later after the first effort you will do your work a surprising degree of freshness, vigour, and enthusiasm far surpassing the original attempt. Again everyone can and does put forth universal energy under pressure of some urgent necessity, which will startle even himself. No matter who you ...

— The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga • A. P. Mukerji

... "That will develop later; but there is some kind of a game on, be sure of that," asserted Jack. "If not, why should anybody come here and give a fictitious name? That gives the whole thing away. Look out, Frank, all your enemies are ...

— Frank Merriwell's Races • Burt L. Standish

... leisurely, for there was no occasion for haste; and it appeared later that the men had not been idle during the forenoon. Captain Gordon and Lieutenant Belthorpe were riding at the head of the platoon, and as they came to a turn in the road the scene of the late action came into view; and both of the officers were greatly surprised, ...

— A Lieutenant at Eighteen • Oliver Optic

... building erected for the convenience of fishermen; and I was equally pleased when he sat in my doorway to arrange his lines. Once in a while we sat together on the pond, he at one end of the boat, and I at the other; but not many words passed between us, for he had grown deaf in his later years, but he occasionally hummed a psalm, which harmonized well enough with my philosophy. Our intercourse was thus altogether one of unbroken harmony, far more pleasing to remember than if it had been carried on by speech. When, as was commonly the case, I had ...

— Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience • Henry David Thoreau

... later Elizabeth went on a tour in Derbyshire with her maternal uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner. The latter had lived for some years at a town called Lambton, and wished to revisit her old friends there; ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol. I • Various

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