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I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
Edie Brickell

Meaning of "later" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LATER

later  [ˈleɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LATER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Later can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Later

Later may refer to: ▪ Later, a 1999-2001 UK men's magazine ▪ Later, a 1988-2001 late-night U.S. television talk show ▪ Later... with Jools Holland, a British music television show ▪ Colleen Later, American artist and musician ▪ Future, the indefinite time period after the present...

Definition of later in the English dictionary

The definition of later in the dictionary is afterwards; subsequently.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LATER


accumulator
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtə
calculator
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə
defibrillator
dɪˈfaɪbrɪˌleɪtə
emulator
ˈɛmjʊleɪtə
escalator
ˈɛskəˌleɪtə
formulator
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪtə
insulator
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪtə
isolator
ˈaɪsəˌleɪtə
legislator
ˈlɛdʒɪsˌleɪtə
manipulator
məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə
modulator
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtə
oscillator
ˈɒsɪˌleɪtə
regulator
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtə
relata
rɪˈleɪtə
relator
rɪˈleɪtə
simulator
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪtə
slater
ˈsleɪtə
stimulator
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtə
translator
trænsˈleɪtə
ventilator
ˈvɛntɪˌleɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LATER

latently
latera recta
laterad
lateral
lateral line system
lateral thinking
lateralise
laterality
lateralization
lateralize
laterally
Lateran
Lateran palace
laterigrade
laterisation
laterite
lateritic
lateritious
laterization
laterize

WORDS THAT END LIKE LATER

above the water
bath water
blood is thicker than water
cater
drinking water
eater
freshwater
Greater
heater
in deep water
in hot water
mater
movie theater
skater
sweater
test the water
theater
underwater
water
water heater

Synonyms and antonyms of later in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LATER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «later» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of later

Translation of «later» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LATER

Find out the translation of later to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of later from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «later» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

más tarde
570 millions of speakers

English

later
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाद में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

позже
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mais tarde
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plus tard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemudiannya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

später
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あとで
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나중에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

mengko
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

muộn hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नंतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

successivamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

później
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пізніше
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai târziu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αργότερα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

later
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

senare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

senere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of later

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LATER»

The term «later» is very widely used and occupies the 663 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LATER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «later» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «later» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about later

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «LATER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word later.
1
Phil Bredesen
Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.
2
Fanny Brice
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?
3
Edie Brickell
I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
4
Jeremy Bulloch
Other projects later this year, but I think it's going to be a very very busy year this year with Star Wars and the re-release, so I'm sort of running about going backwards and forwards to America, Japan, Mexico. So there will be a lot of things to do.
5
Gary Calamar
Certainly, R.E.M. grew out of the Wuxtry record store in Athens, where Peter Buck was working and Michael Stipe came in to visit. And even their later manager, Bertis Downs, they all met and congregated at that record store. So I'm sure we wouldn't see those without the record store.
6
Wesley Clark
Gert was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church. So when I would date her in New York City, and later when we went to Oxford before we got married, we always went to the Catholic church.
7
John Henrik Clarke
All the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back what he said. Verbatim. They could remember the way he put it, and he put it so well.
8
Sharon Creech
I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that, it later made me think it was possible to be a writer.
9
Bobby Darin
Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.
10
Miles Davis
I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LATER»

Discover the use of later in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to later and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
John Ashbery and You: His Later Books
Each of the volumes from the latter part of Ashbery’s career represents an individual and different poetic project, depending precisely on the unit of the book to produce its effects.
John Emil Vincent, 2007
2
Marx: Later Political Writings
Marx: Later Political Writings brings together the most important texts in political philosophy written by Marx after 1848. All are in new translations, and the collection is introduced by the leading Marx scholar Terrell Carver.
Karl Marx, Terrell Carver, 1996
3
The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval ...
This book surveys philosophy from the neo-Platonists to St. Anselm.
A. H. Armstrong, 1967
4
I'll Scream Later
She has played memorable roles on wildly popular television shows such as Seinfeld, The West Wing, and The L Word, danced a show-stopping cha-cha-cha on Dancing with the Stars, and now, with uncompromising honesty and humor, Marlee shares ...
Marlee Matlin, 2009
5
The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871
These final volumes contain some of Emerson's most timelessly relevant work and are sure to engage and inform any reader interested in discovering one of our country's greatest intellectuals.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson, 2010
6
Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages: Social Change ...
Between 1200 and 1520 medieval English society went through a series of upheavals: this was an age of war, pestilence and rebellion. This book explores the realities of life of the people who lived through those stirring times.
Christopher Dyer, 1989
7
Heidegger's Later Philosophy
Explains in simple and straightforward language just what Heidegger's complex later philosophy is all about.
Julian Young, 2002
8
Mothers, Babies and Health in Later Life
Here's the 2nd Edition of a text outlining and providing evidence for one of the most important epidemiological theories of recent years, the "Barker Hypothesis"*that nutrition in the womb determines susceptibility to diseases in later life ...
David James Purslove Barker, 1998
9
The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social Economic and ...
The book presents a narrative account of Roman political, military, and religious history from 284 to 602.
Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, 1986
10
Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man ...
An inspiring collection of essays, in which Albert Einstein addresses the topics that fascinated him as a scientist, philosopher, and humanitarian Divided by subject matter—“Science,” “Convictions and Beliefs,” “Public Affairs ...
Albert Einstein, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term later is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dodd Frank Creators on Wall Street Reform, Five Years Later - WSJ
The Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul, the most sweeping financial legislation in a generation, turns five this week. Debate over the law's impact ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
67 years later, Honest Ed's offers memories and deals | Toronto Star
Sixty-seven years later, members of the Mirvish family are still willing to give the shirt off their back to their customers. Literally. Honest Ed's held ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
3
The Apple Watch Sport could debut in gold and rose gold later this …
In addition, Kuo predicts that a thinner and lighter iPad mini with a design more like the iPad Air 2 will be announced later this quarter, ... «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»
4
Giants Splash: Hector Sanchez returns, one concussion later - SFGate
Several high-profile athletes have retired prematurely because of concussions. Some catchers have moved to other positions for the same ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
5
Report: Holocaust victims belonging to Nazi doctor discovered 70 …
Diaspora. By JPOST.COM STAFF \. 07/19/2015 21:27. Report: Holocaust victims belonging to Nazi doctor discovered 70-years later in Starsbourg ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
6
3,035 innings later, Yanks still dependent on retooled Sabathia …
And so while manager Joe Girardi over and over again on Sunday cited CC Sabathia's experience and leadership as vital ingredients for the ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
7
Tech stocks do well in the later stages of bull markets - The Globe …
In the later stages of U.S. bull markets, certain sectors come to the fore, such as technology. Why so? The underlying economic upturn by this ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
8
Thirty Years Later, Soviet-Era MI6 Double Agent Describes Escape …
"It was all arranged ahead of time," Gordiyevsky said 30 years later in an interview with RFE/RL's Russian Service at his two-floor house in a ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jul 15»
9
WWII 70 years later: Truman viewed bomb as 'tragic,' necessary
When Franklin Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman suddenly found himself president — without a clue that he would soon have to ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
10
Pedro expected to join Manchester United later this week, say …
Following his side's 1-0 win over Club America on Friday, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal hinted there could be a “surprise” ... «World Soccer Talk, Jul 15»

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