later
See also: låter
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪtə/
- (US) enPR: lāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈleɪtɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯ɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Adverb
later
- comparative form of late: more late
- You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.
- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
- My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
- I arrived later than my roommate.
- At some unspecified time in the future.
- I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
Synonyms
- (afterward in time): afterwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
- (at some unspecified time in the future): later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day
Antonyms
- earlier
- (At some unspecified time in the future): once
Derived terms
- smell ya later, smell you later
Translations
more late
|
afterward in time
|
at some unspecified time in the future
|
Adjective
later
- comparative form of late: more late
- Jim was later than John.
- 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.
- Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
- I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later .
- At some time in the future.
- The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
Antonyms
- earlier
Translations
more late
|
coming afterward in time
|
at some time in the future
|
Interjection
later
- (slang) See you later; goodbye.
- Later, dude.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- later days
- later on
- laterward
- laterwards
- save for later
- sooner or later
Translations
see you later
|
Anagrams
- Alert, alert, alter, alter-, altre, artel, ratel, taler, telar
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaː.tər/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːtər
Adjective
later
- Comparative form of laat
- Having to do with or occurring in the future.
Inflection
| Inflection of later | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | later | |||
| inflected | latere | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | later | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | latere | ||
| n. sing. | later | |||
| plural | latere | |||
| definite | latere | |||
| partitive | laters | |||
Antonyms
- eerder
- vroeger
Adverb
later
- later
- in the future
Antonyms
- eerder
Anagrams
- alert, ratel
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”), or from *stelh₃- (“broad”) (in which case latus would be its neuter form).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ter/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ter/, [ˈläːt̪er]
Noun
later m (genitive lateris); third declension
- brick, tile
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | later | laterēs |
| Genitive | lateris | laterum |
| Dative | laterī | lateribus |
| Accusative | laterem | laterēs |
| Ablative | latere | lateribus |
| Vocative | later | laterēs |
Derived terms
- laterīcius
- laterculum
- laterculus
References
- “later”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “later”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- later in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “later”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “later”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French terre.
Noun
later
- land, earth, soil
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
later
- present of late
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.
Adjective
later
- lazy, sluggish
Declension
Declension of later (strong)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | later | lat | lat |
| accusative | latan | lata | lat |
| dative | latum, -om | latri, -re | latu, -o |
| genitive | lats | latrar | lats |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | latir, -e(r) | latar | lat |
| accusative | lata | latar | lat |
| dative | latum, -om | latum, -om | latum, -om |
| genitive | latra, -a | latra, -a | latra, -a |
Declension of later (weak)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lati, -e | lata | lata |
| accusative | lata | latu, -o | lata |
| dative | lata | latu, -o | lata |
| genitive | lata | latu, -o | lata |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | latu, -o | latu, -o | latu, -o |
| accusative | latu, -o | latu, -o | latu, -o |
| dative | latu, -o | latu, -o | latu, -o |
| genitive | latu, -o | latu, -o | latu, -o |
Descendants
- Swedish: lat
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French terre.
Noun
later
- land, earth, soil
Swedish
Noun
later
- indefinite plural of lat.
Anagrams
- alert, artel, letar, realt