later
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈleɪ.tə/]
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1. later (adv) — sense 1
Definition: Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
Example: My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
2. later (adv) — sense 2
Definition: At some unspecified time in the future.
Example: I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
3. later (adv) — sense 3
Definition: What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen).
Example: Compare Malay nanti (“later; if not”)
4. later (adj) — sense 4
Definition: Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
Example: The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
5. later (adj) — sense 5
Definition: Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
Example: I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.
6. later (adj) — sense 6
Definition: At some time in the future.
Example: The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
7. later (intj) — sense 7
Definition: See you later; goodbye.
Example: Later, dude.
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