LATTER


Meaning of LATTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lætə(r) ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the second of them as the latter .

He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick.

PRON : the PRON

Latter is also an adjective.

There are the people who speak after they think and the people who think while they’re speaking. Mike definitely belongs in the latter category.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

You use latter to describe the later part of a period of time or event.

The latter part of the debate concentrated on abortion.

= later

ADJ : ADJ n

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