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LATER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming at a subsequent time or stage
Example:
the mood posterior to
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
subsequent (following in time or order)
Sense 2
Meaning:
At or toward an end or late period or stage of development
Example:
later medical science could have saved the child
Synonyms:
late; later
Classified under:
Similar:
advanced (comparatively late in a course of development)
tardive (late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease))
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
Example:
two hours after that
Synonyms:
after; afterward; afterwards; later; later on; subsequently
Classified under:
Pertainym:
later (coming at a subsequent time or stage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
At some eventual time in the future
Example:
I'll see you later
Synonyms:
by and by; later
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Sense 3
Meaning:
Comparative of the adverb 'late'
Example:
he stayed later than you did
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
Nay, my fair lord, I was but thinking of my friend Ford, and how he sat upon my couch no later than yesternight.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was no mirror, at that date, in my room; that which stands beside me as I write, was brought there later on and for the very purpose of these transformations.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“I'll ask you later on to give us a help. You may go.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
And those who were long sleepers who also had poor sleep quality were 82% more likely to later have a stroke.
(Regular extended sleep increases risk of stroke, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Children who are overweight or obese are more likely to become obese adults, and have an increased risk of poorer health outcomes in later life including diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
(Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain regions, University of Cambridge)
They give you a way to tell your wishes to family, friends, and health care professionals and to avoid confusion later on.
(Advance Directives, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Do not save antibiotics for later or use someone else's prescription.
(Antibiotics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory later observed that the source - known as an ultraluminous X-ray source, or ULX - had disappeared just as quickly.
(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Promptly at nine o'clock the next morning the green-whiskered soldier came to them, and four minutes later they all went into the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
A little while later she called her husband, and said to him, weeping.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
