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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective later has 2 senses
- later(s = adj.all) posterior, ulterior - coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
- later(a = adj.all) late - at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"
Adverbial later has 3 senses
- later(r = adv.all) after, afterward, afterwards, later on, subsequently - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that"
- later(r = adv.all) by and by - at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"
- later(r = adv.all) Array - comparative of the adverb `late'; "he stayed later than you did"
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later, n. [L.].
A brick or tile. Knight. [1913 Webster]
later, a.
Compar. of Late, a. & adv. [1913 Webster]
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later
after, after a time, after a while, after all, after that, afterward, afterwards, anon, approaching, attendant, before long, behind, by, by and by, by destiny, cadet, coming, consecutive, deathbed, desired, destinal, destined, determined, eleventh-hour, emergent, ensuing, eventual, ex post facto, extrapolated, fatal, fatally, fated, fatidic, following, forthcoming, future, futuristic, hereafter, hoped-for, hopefully, imminent, imminently, in aftertime, in the aftermath, in the future, in the sequel, junior, last-minute, late, latter, lineal, nearing, newly come, next, of yesterday, planned, plotted, posterior, predictably, predicted, probable, probably, projected, prophesied, prospective, proximo, puisne, recent, sequent, since, soon, subsequent, subsequently, succeeding, successive, then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith, to come, to-be, tomorrow, ultimate, youngerROGET THESAURUS
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Posteriority
N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time, posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.
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