Definition of LATER

later

Adjective Satellite

  • coming at a subsequent time or stage
  • after the expected or usual time; delayed
  • of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
  • having died recently
  • (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

Adjective

  • at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
    • "a later symptom of the disease"
    • "later medical science could have saved the child"
  • being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
  • of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
  • at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
    • "a later symptom of the disease"
    • "later medical science could have saved the child"

Adverb

  • At a subsequent time or after the specified time.
  • happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
    • "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"
  • at some eventual time in the future
    • "I'll see you later"
  • comparative of the adverb `late'
    • "he stayed later than you did"

Adv

  • comparative form of late: more late
  • Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
  • At some unspecified time in the future.
  • What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).

Adj

  • comparative form of late: more late
  • Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
  • Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
  • At some time in the future.

Intj

  • See you later; goodbye.

Examples

  • He would realize his blunder LATER, but for now, his Words With Friends play seemed brilliant.
  • I arrived later than my roommate.
  • I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.
  • I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
  • Jim was later than John.
  • Later you fall asleep how?
  • Later, dude.
  • My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
  • The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
  • The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
  • You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.

Origin / Etymology

* 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”).

Antonyms

early, middle, earlier, once

Scrabble Score: 5

later: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
later: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
later: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

later: valid Words With Friends Word