Hypertext Webster Gateway: "later"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Late \Late\, a. [Compar. {Later}, or {latter}; superl.
{Latest}.] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[ae]t; akin to OS. lat,
D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw.
lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See {Let} to
permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.]
1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or
proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a
late spring.
2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of
the day; a late period of life.
3. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not
now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as,
the late bishop of London; the late administration.
4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the
late rains; we have received late intelligence.
5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night;
as, late revels; a late watcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Later \La"ter\, n.; pl. {Lateres}. [L.]
A brick or tile. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Later \Lat"er\, a.
Compar. of {Late}, a. & adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
later
adj 1: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president
entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future
actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without
ulterior argument" [syn: {future(a)}, {later(a)}, {ulterior}]
2: more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence;
"these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the
book"; "latter (or later) part of the 18th century" [syn:
{later(a)}, {last(a)}, {latter(a)}]
3: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development;
"the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the
disease"; "later medical science could have saved the
child" [syn: {late}, {later(a)}] [ant: {early}]
adv 1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he
apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but
he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until
afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: {subsequently},
{afterwards}, {afterward}, {after}, {later on}]
2: at some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll
understand"; "I'll see you later" [syn: {by and by}]
3: comparative of the adverb `late'; "he stayed later than you
did"
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