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later

adjective
later pronunciation English ˈleɪtə(r) later pronunciation American ˈleɪtər
 
[only before noun]1 coming after something else or at a time in the futureThis 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, etcthe later part of the seventeenth centuryShe found happiness in her later years.
Opposite
earlier
Idioms
see
sooner or latersooner rather than later at soon