Later - English meaning

Later – definitions in English dictionary

exclamation
Comparative of late (adjective).
exclamation
Comparative of late (adverb).
exclamation
Goodbye for the present; see you later.
Usage examples:
She sent two friends in her place to hand over a couple of envelopes - one with a letter saying tha…

combining form
Denoting a person who worships a specified thing.
Usage examples:
Idolater

adverb
Doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time.
Usage examples:
His late arrival
Synonims:
Behind timeBehind scheduleBehindBehindhandNot on timeUnpunctualTardyRunning lateOverdueLong-overdueDelayedLong-delayedBelatedSlowDilatory
adverb
Belonging or taking place far on in a particular period.
Usage examples:
They won the game with a late goal
adverb
(of a specified person) no longer alive.
Usage examples:
The late francis bacon
Synonims:
DeadDeceasedDepartedLamentedPassed on/awayLostExpiredGoneExtinctPerished
adverb
After the expected, proper, or usual time.
Usage examples:
She arrived late
Synonims:
Behind scheduleBehind timeBehindhandUnpunctuallyBelatedlyTardilyAt the last minuteAt the tail endDilatorilySlowlyRecently
adverb
Far on in time; towards the end of a period.
Usage examples:
It happened late in 1994
adverb
Formerly but not now living or working in a specified place or institution.
Usage examples:
Mrs halford, late of the county records office

Later translation into English

Later: translate from English into Chinese

之后, 后来, 后, 以后, 后面, 往后, 回头, 他日, 底下, 既而, 更迟

Later: translate from English into Dutch

Later

Later: translate from English into French

Plus tard, Ensuite, Par la suite, Postérieur, Dernier, Suivant, Toute à l'heure

Later: translate from English into German

Später, Nachträglich, Nachher

Later: translate from English into Hindi

बाद में, बाद का, उत्तर-काल का, पश्चात्

Later: translate from English into Italian

Dopo, Più tardi, Poi, Posteriore, Ulteriore, Più tardo, Poster

Later: translate from English into Korean

나중에, 후에, 후, 더 늦은, 더 뒤의

Later: translate from English into Russian

Потом, Позже, Позднее, Поздний, Поздно, Более поздний, Последний, Бывший, Запоздалый, Покойный, За последнее время, Прежний, Умерший, Созревающий в конце сезона, Цветущий в конце сезона, Недавно, Недавний, Lather

Later: translate from English into Spanish

Luego, Más tarde, Después, Posterior, Posteriormente, Ulterior, Más reciente, Más tardío, Más avanzada

Word origin

Old English læt (adjective; also in the sense ‘slow, tardy’), late (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus ‘weary’, let1, and l

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Later – similar words

lateraled

adjective
Of, at, towards, or from the side or sides.
Usage examples:
The plant takes up water through its lateral roots

adjective
Involving lateral thinking.
Usage examples:
He's very creative in a lateral way

adjective
(of a consonant, especially the english clear l) pronounced with partial closure of the air passage by the tongue, which is so placed as to allow the breath to flow on one or both sides of the point of contact.
Usage examples:
The /l/ at the end of ‘bell’ is still phonetically a lateral consonant for me, pronounced with the …

Lateraled - all meanings in English

lateral

adjective
Of, at, towards, or from the side or sides.
Usage examples:
The plant takes up water through its lateral roots

noun
(of a consonant, especially the english clear l ) pronounced with partial closure of the air passage by the tongue, which is so placed as to allow the breath to flow on one or both sides of the point of contact.

adjective
Relating to the sides of an object or to sideways movement
Usage examples:
The bird spread its wings for lateral stability.

Lateral - all meanings in English

Later synonims

behind

bɪˈhaɪnd

preposition
At or to the far side of (something), typically so as to be hidden by it.
Usage examples:
The recording machinery was kept behind screens

adverb
At or to the far side of something.
Usage examples:
Campbell grabbed him from behind

noun
A person's buttocks.
Usage examples:
She slid inelegantly down a few steps on her behind

Behind - all meanings in English

behindhand

bɪˈhaɪnd.hænd

adjective
Late or slow in doing something.
Usage examples:
The yoruba have not been behindhand in economic activity

adverb
Late in doing something or slower doing something than expected
Usage examples:
I worked late last night because i was behindhand with my accounts.

Behindhand - all meanings in English

belated

bɪˈleɪ.tɪd

adjective
Coming or happening later than should have been the case.
Usage examples:
A belated apology

adjective
Coming later than expected
Usage examples:
He did make a belated attempt to apologize.

Belated - all meanings in English

belatedly

bɪˈleɪ.tɪd.li

adverb
Later than should have been the case.
Usage examples:
The high command had belatedly altered its tactics

adverb
In a way that comes later than expected
Usage examples:
Both drivers belatedly realized they were on a collision path but were unable to stop their trains.…

Belatedly - all meanings in English

dead

ded

adjective
No longer alive.
Usage examples:
A dead body

adverb
Absolutely; completely.
Usage examples:
You're dead right

adjective
Not now living
Usage examples:
She's been dead for 20 years now., dead on arrival the motorcyclist was dead on arrival at the hosp…

Dead - all meanings in English

deceased

dɪˈsiːst

noun
The recently dead person in question.
Usage examples:
The judge inferred that the deceased was confused as to the extent of his assets

adjective
Recently dead.
Usage examples:
The deceased man's family

verb
Die.
Usage examples:
He deceased at his palace of croydon

Deceased - all meanings in English

delayed

dɪˈleɪd

verb
Make (someone or something) late or slow.
Usage examples:
The train was delayed

noun
A period of time by which something is late or postponed.
Usage examples:
A two-hour delay

adjective
Happening at a later time than expected or intended
Usage examples:
Officials said that the reason for the large number of delayed flights was the bad weather conditio…

Delayed - all meanings in English

departed

dɪˈpɑː.tɪd

adjective
Dead.
Usage examples:
A dear departed relative

verb
Leave, especially in order to start a journey.
Usage examples:
They departed for germany

adjective
Dead
Usage examples:
We will always remember our dear departed friends., the old man talked about the departed triumphs …

Departed - all meanings in English

dilatory

ˈdɪl.ə.tər.i

adjective
Slow to act.
Usage examples:
He had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor

adjective
Slow and likely to cause delay
Usage examples:
Dilatory behaviour/tactics, british institutions have been dilatory in cutting credit card charges.

Dilatory - all meanings in English

expired

ɪkˈspaɪər

verb
(of a document, authorization, or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity.
Usage examples:
His driving licence expired

verb
Past simple and past participle of expire

verb
If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use
Usage examples:
My passport expires next month., the contract between the two companies will expire at the end of t…

Expired - all meanings in English

extinct

ɪkˈstɪŋkt

adjective
(of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.
Usage examples:
Trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct

adjective
No longer existing
Usage examples:
There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct., many species of plants and animals…

adjective
Not now existing
Usage examples:
Become extinct there is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct., many tribes became …

Extinct - all meanings in English

gone

adjective
No longer present; departed.
Usage examples:
You were gone a long time

preposition
Past participle of go1.

verb
Move from one place to another; travel.
Usage examples:
He went out to the shops

Gone - all meanings in English

lamented

adjective
A conventional way of describing someone who has died or something that has ceased to exist.
Usage examples:
The late and much lamented leonard bernstein

verb
Express passionate grief about.
Usage examples:
He was lamenting the death of his infant daughter

adjective
If someone or something is lamented, people feel sad that they have or it has gone
Usage examples:
No man was ever more respected or more lamented than he was., it was a reference to the lamented tv…

Lamented - all meanings in English

lost

adjective
Past and past participle of lose.

verb
Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).
Usage examples:
I've lost my appetite

adjective
(of a person) unable to find your way, or (of an item) not to be found
Usage examples:
A lost child/pet/earring, we got lost on the way home., fig. i’d be lost without you (= i would not…

Lost - all meanings in English

overdue

adjective
Not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected time.
Usage examples:
The rent was nearly three months overdue

Overdue - all meanings in English

perished

verb
Die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
Usage examples:
A great part of his army perished of hunger and disease

adjective
Extremely cold
Usage examples:
Her hands were perished., i'm perished with cold.

Perished - all meanings in English

recently

adverb
At a recent time; not long ago.
Usage examples:
I recently bought a cd player

adverb
Not long ago, or at a time that started not long ago
Usage examples:
Have you seen any good films recently?, until very recently he worked as a teacher and he still shu…

Recently - all meanings in English

slow

adjective
Moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.
Usage examples:
Until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy

adverb
At a slow pace; slowly.
Usage examples:
The train went slower and slower

verb
Reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.
Usage examples:
The train slowed to a halt

Slow - all meanings in English

slowly

adverb
At a slow speed; not quickly.
Usage examples:
They moved forward slowly

Slowly - all meanings in English

tardy

adjective
Delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late.
Usage examples:
Please forgive this tardy reply

adjective
Late in happening or arriving
Usage examples:
A tardy payment/delivery, you were tardy for school twice in the last week.

Tardy - all meanings in English

unpunctual

adjective
Not happening or doing something at the agreed or proper time.
Usage examples:
The trains into tbilisi were notoriously unpunctual

adjective
Not arriving, doing something, or happening at the expected or correct time
Usage examples:
The trains were notoriously unpunctual., they say he is disorganized, unpunctual, and incompetent.

Unpunctual - all meanings in English

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