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 ~.
He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The ~ was sick.
PRON: the PRON
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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 ~ category.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
You use ~ to describe the later part of a period of time or event.
The ~ part of the debate concentrated on abortion.
= later
ADJ: ADJ n