/ ˈleɪtə(r); NAmE / adverb , adjective
■ adverb
1.
at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about :
See you later.
I met her again three years later.
His father died later that year.
We're going to Rome later in the year.
She later became a doctor.
OPP earlier
2.
Later! ( informal ) a way of saying goodbye, used by young people :
Later, guys!
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IDIOMS
- later on
- not / no later than ...
■ adjective [ only before noun ]
1.
coming after sth else or at a time in the future :
This is discussed in more detail in a later chapter.
The match has been postponed to a later date.
2.
near the end of a period of time, life, etc. :
the later part of the seventeenth century
She found happiness in her later years.
OPP earlier
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IDIOMS
see soon