Word Finder - later

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Near the end of a period of time.

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It was late in the evening when we finally arrived.

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Specifically, near the end of the day.

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It was getting late and I was tired.

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(usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.

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Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin.

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Not arriving until after an expected time.

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Even though we drove as fast as we could, we were still late.

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Not having had an expected menstrual period.

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I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?

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Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Often used with "the"; see usage notes.)

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Her late husband had left her well provided for.

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Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.

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the late administration

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Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.

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Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

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After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

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We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late.

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Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.

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Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.

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Not long ago; just now.

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Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

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I arrived later than my roommate.

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At some unspecified time in the future.

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I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.

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See you later; goodbye.

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Later, dude.

See you later, then.

A few minutes later he walked down the hallway.

She woke later and looked at the clock.

Later, as they walked back to their room, Jonathan looked up at Carmen.

It's hard to know what later generations will deem to be art.

A year later they started a family with the birth of their first daughter.

She was awakened later by the door bell.

She felt that Jim would know more about the Saw-Horse later on.

Later, the jolting of the plane awakened her with a start.

Later that evening when Simonides was at a banquet with Scopas, he got word that two young men were outside looking for him.

A few minutes later they all marched in and took their places at the table.

Less than a week later she passed another milestone.

Seconds later it crashed into the trees below.

A few minutes later Cade popped his head around the door.

And what seems clear is that, sooner or later, we will get there.

At midday he was admitted to the Emperor, and an hour later he rode off with Prince Dolgorukov to the advanced post of the French army.

She has to talk to father about it and she will call back later this morning to let me know when she will be here.

About an hour later, a well-dressed gentleman came into the hotel and said, "I wish to see Mr. Jefferson."

Later I said, "Make fifteen threes and count."

A few years later, with the United States again at war, most of its top medical minds were engaged in the war effort.

Ridges of sparkling white sand surrounded the camp like a sleeping dragon, soaking heat from the sun - resting now so it could spit its fiery breath at them later in the day.

The very dew seemed to hang upon the trees later into the day than usual, as on the sides of mountains.

Pierre knew that everyone was waiting for him to say a word and cross a certain line, and he knew that sooner or later he would step across it, but an incomprehensible terror seized him at the thought of that dreadful step.

But the later on never came.

Two hundred years later, Ludolph van Ceulen calculated it to thirty-five digits.

I'll be back later.

A few seconds later Alex answered the phone.

About thirty minutes later it would return and leave the way it had come.

A bout a week later she came home to find Rachel holding an envelope.

Ten years later, in Somalia, the last natural case of smallpox occurred.

I'll see you later.

Later they were taken to a room where they were introduced to their newest family members.

Thirty minutes later, they emerged from the room.

We'll discuss that later.

I'll meet you there later.

No. I'll eat later.

Dean planned to cruise the town later in hopes of locating the young man.

Later, he and Martha were to visit the library for more digging into the earlier disappearances now that the date of Martha's bones was better known.

In societies where a large percentage of income is necessary just to buy food, having volatile food prices will mean hunger sooner or later, no matter how good the factory jobs are.

An hour later, Tikhon came to call Princess Mary to the old prince; he added that Prince Vasili was also there.

A week later he obtained his leave.

He'll be back later.

The smell of coffee brought Yancey back into the room a little later.

A few minutes later the television was on one of Tammy's shows.

They married a month later at a small church in Bartlesville and Adrienne moved to the farm.

I'll tell you about it later.

Sooner or later it would become obvious to Cade himself.

Later, as she was straining the water from the potatoes, Cade wandered in.

Was he going to wait until later?

Half an hour later, her eyes swollen and her chest sore from sobbing, she turned her face up to the warm water in the shower.