later
- adverb
- /ˈleɪtər/
:
más tarde
- And so a little bit later, here we go.
But then three weeks later he reverts to type.
- But then three weeks later he reverts to type.
- So then a day or two later, I get a text.
- And he'll talk about Nietzsche a little bit later as well.
- And then three months later they were full.
- And this this gets taken up a little bit later in the same book.
- So here we are six days later and you're in the studio.
- She, she said later that it, it was weird.
- Optimally, intervention should begin no later than first grade.
- So now, four years later, now look at us.
- I'll see you guys later, it's so soon.
- Time went on and three hours later he came back really red.
- And if I get cold later, I have this sweatshirt.
- But I saw I saw him later that like night.
- And he then six months later, fired the head of the CIA.
- And then a year later, the Provost stepped down.
- And now I, two years later, have maxed out on LinkedIn.
- He was there and I saw him years later in Israel.
Examples
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And like a day later we were in Tunisia.
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So then a day or two later, I get a text.
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We're going to get to all that later, OK.
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And you know, just days later, Microsoft bought doom.
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But then three weeks later he reverts to type.
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So here we are six days later and you're in the studio.
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And then five hours later, he's like still waiting.
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And if I get cold later, I have this sweatshirt.
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Then, two days later, I received an important phone call.
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Three months later, they finally launched the new product.
Synonyms
574
1.0
At a later time than something else
366
1.0
At a time after now or after a time already said
113
4.8
After something else happens
92
4.4
At some point in the future
88
4.1
From that time on
9
7.1
After a while
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
95
1.0
A casual goodbye said when leaving someone and expecting to meet again
3
8.4
Act quickly without thinking or checking facts
- Informal
A humorous way to say someone is bisexual now but may become gay later
How Late
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word later also comes from late, which meant 'after' or 'not now', so using later is like saying 'at a time after now'. That's why we use later to talk about something that will happen after the present or after something already mentioned.