later

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leɪtə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtə(r)

Etymology

late + -er

Adverb

later

1. comparative form of late: more late

   You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.

2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

   My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.

   I arrived later than my roommate.

3. At some unspecified time in the future.

   I wanted to do it now, but I'll have to do it later.

Antonyms

• earlier

Translations

more late

Arabic: فيما بعد (ar) (fiimaa ba3d) Chinese: Mandarin: 更遲 (cmn), 更迟 (cmn) (gèng chí) Danish: senere (da) Dutch: later (nl) Esperanto: pli malfrue Finnish: myöhemmin (fi) French: plus en retard German: später (de) Hindi: बाद में (hi) (bād mẽ)

Italian: più in ritardo Japanese: 後に (ja) (あとに, ato-ni) Norwegian: senere (no) Polish: później (pl) Portuguese: mais tarde (pt) Russian: позже (ru) (pózže), позднее (ru) (pozdnéje) Serbian: kasnije (sr), касније (sr) Spanish: más tarde (es) Swedish: senare (sv) Urdu: بعد میں (ur) (bād mẽ)

afterward in time

Arabic: لاحقًا (ar) (laaHiqan) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: posle (bs) Chinese: Mandarin: 以後 (cmn), 以后 (cmn) (yǐhòu), 後面 (cmn), 后面 (cmn) (hòumian) Croatian: poslije (hr), kasnije (hr) Danish: senere (da) Dutch: later (nl) Esperanto: poste (eo) Finnish: myöhemmin (fi) French: plus tard Georgian: შემდეგ (ka) (šemdeg), შემდეგში (ka) (šemdegši) German: später (de), nachher (de) Greek: αργότερα (el) (argótera) Italian: più tardi

Japanese: 後で (ja) (あとで, ato-de) Kurdish: دوایی Polish: później (pl) Portuguese: depois (pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: позже (ru) (pózže), после (ru) (pósl'e), потом (ru) (potóm) Serbian: Cyrillic: после Roman: posle, docnije, potom Spanish: más tarde (es), después (es) Swedish: senare (sv) Telugu: ఆలస్యము Turkish: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can

at some unspecified time in the future

Arabic: فيما بعد (fima bá3d, fima bá3du) Egyptian: بعدين (ba3dayn) Bosnian: posle (bs) Croatian: poslije (hr), kasnije (hr) Dutch: later (nl) Finnish: myöhemmin (fi) French: plus tard (fr) Italian: più tardi

Kurdish: دوایی Polish: później (pl) Russian: позже (ru) (pózže), потом (ru) (potóm) Serbian: Cyrillic: после Roman: posle, potom Swedish: senare (sv) Telugu: తరవాత

Adjective

later

1. comparative form of late: more late

   Jim was later than John.

2. 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.

3. At some time in the future.

   The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

Antonyms

• earlier

Translations

more late

Finnish: myöhempi (fi) French: plus en retard Italian: più in ritardo

Polish: późniejszy (pl) Portuguese: mais tarde

coming afterward in time

Finnish: myöhempi (fi) Polish: późniejszy (pl)

Portuguese: subsequentemente

at some time in the future

Esperanto: posta (eo) Finnish: myöhempi (fi)

Polish: późniejszy (pl) Portuguese: mais tarde

Interjection

later

1. (slang) See you later; goodbye.

   Later, dude.

2. (slang) Dismissive term to minimize importance of an annoying persons.

Frequently used with "for you". "Later for you."

Translations

see you later

Dutch: later (nl) Finnish: nähdään (fi), katsellaan myöhemmin French: à plus (fr) German: bis bald (de)

Icelandic: heyrumst (is), sjáumst (is) Polish: nara (pl) Portuguese: até mais (Brazil), falou (Brazil), ate logo (pt) Spanish: hasta luego (es)

Derived terms

• later days
• later on
• save for later
• sooner or later

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: added · toward · feeling · #487: later · beyond · rose · age

Anagrams

• alert
• alter
• artel
• ratel
• taler

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlaː.tər/

Adjective

later (not comparable)

1. comparative form of laat; later.
2. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Antonyms

• eerder
• vroeger

Declension

Declension of later

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		later	—
neuter singular	indefinite	later	—
	definite	latere	—	—	—
common singular		latere	—	—	—
plural		latere	—	—	—
partitive		laters	—

Adverb

later

1. later
2. in the future

Antonyms

• eerder

Anagrams

• alert, ratel

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Latin

Noun

later (genitive lateris); m, third declension

1. brick, tile

Descendants

• Spanish: ladrillo

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Swedish

Noun

later

1. indefinite plural of lat