English

rank|added|toward|feeling|487|later|beyond|rose|age

Pronunciation
IPA|/leɪt�/
audio|en-us-later.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪt�(r)|-eɪt�(r)

Etymology
late + -er

Adverb
later

1. The compar of the adverb late; more late.

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

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

#:My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
#:I arrived later than my roommate.<!-- (ditto) -->

1. At some unspecified time in the future.

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

Translations
trans-top|more late
Danish: senere
Finnish: t|fi|myöhemmin
French: plus#French|plus en retard
trans-mid
Italian: più in ritardo
Russian: позже (pózže)
Serbian: kasno
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trans-top|afterward in time
Bosnian: posle#Bosnian|posle
Danish: senere
Finnish: t|fi|myöhemmin
French: plus#French|plus tard
German: später
Italian: più tardi
Kurdish: KUchar|د�ا��
trans-mid
Portuguese: depois
Russian: позже (pózže), по�ле (pósl'e), по�ом (potóm)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: по�ле#Serbian|по�ле
:Roman: posle#Serbian|posle, docnije, potom
Telugu: �లస�యమ�
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trans-top|at some unspecified time in the future
Arabic: ARchar|���ا بعد (fima bá�d, fima bá�du)
:Egyptian: ARchar|بعد�� (ba�dayn)
Bosnian: posle#Bosnian|posle
Finnish: t|fi|myöhemmin
French: plus tard
Italian: più tardi
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|د�ا��
Russian: позже (pózže), по�ом (potóm)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: по�ле#Serbian|по�ле
:Roman: posle#Serbian|posle, potom
Telugu: తరవాత
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Adjective
later

1. comparative of|late More late.

#:Jim was later than John.

1. 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.

1. At some time in the future.

#:The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

Translations

trans-top|more late
Finnish: t|fi|myöhempi
French: plus#French|plus en retard
trans-mid
Portuguese: mais tarde
Italian: più in ritardo
trans-bottom

trans-top|coming afterward in time
Finnish: t|fi|myöhempi
trans-mid
Portuguese: subsequentemente
trans-bottom

trans-top|at some time in the future
Finnish: t|fi|myöhempi
trans-mid
Portuguese: mais tarde
trans-bottom

Interjection
later

1. slang See you later; goodbye.

#: Later, dude.

Translations
<!--Add slang translations to this table, where these exist-->
trans-top|see you later
Finnish: t|fi|nähdään, katsellaan myöhemmin
Dutch: later
trans-mid
French: à plus
Portuguese: até mais (Brazil), falou (Brazil)
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Derived terms
later days<!-- ??? latter days? -->
later on
save for later
sooner or later

Dutch

Adjective
later, latere

1. later (comparative of|laat|langDutch|POSadjective)

Latin

Noun
la-noun|later|lateris|lateris|m|third

1. brick, tile

Category:Time

de:later
et:later
fr:later
io:later
it:later
ku:later
hu:later
ja:later
pl:later
pt:later
ru:later
fi:later
sv:later
ta:later
te:later
tr:later
zh:later

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