following happening or coming immediately after something – used about periods of time, or parts of a piece of writing He resigned the following year. They say that they may need to review the case at a later stage.
Later historians have cast doubt on the truth of his story. 3 → in later years/life THESAURUS later happening or existing at some time in the future after something or someone else We will discuss this at a later time. 2 NEW more recent OPP earlier The engine has been greatly improved in later models. The launch was postponed to a later date. later later 2 adjective 1 AFTER coming in the future or after something else OPP earlier The role of marketing is dealt with in a later chapter. A photo taken later that day shows the aircraft in its damaged state after the fourth flight.Back in the bungalow later that day, I pulled myself together.The recruiting office couldn't deal with him at once, so he went back home later that day.The rebels gave themselves up to loyal officers later that day.The cast was off at least once later that morning.He and Rufus had talked about money later that day.Edusha came to wake me later that morning.Although the students were not in the courtroom for the announcement, they visited the Supreme Court building later that day.I'll tell you about it later when I'm not so busy.He was later transferred to St John's hospital in Livingston where he underwent plastic surgery.I found out much later that some of the children I taught had become teachers themselves.Later that night Bernstein visited her in her apartment.Later that month we got another letter from them asking for more money.
Later that afternoon, Anna came to see me.A patient who signs a consent form for a surgical operation can not later sue the surgeon for battery.The first part of the film is really boring but it gets better later on.We are developing a training course to run later in the year.We will consider the implications of the failure of this assumption later in the section.Later in the poem there is a reference to the poet's unhappy childhood.Time enough for that later, if need be.A couple of days later I saw her in a downtown bar.A few days later I received another call.Ronald Reagan joined the Republican Party in 1962 and later became Governor of California.Here it is ten months later and they are able to say thanks, we are healing.But we passed again, later, and the hands hadn't moved to an earlier time.A short time later, a woman entered the compartment and sat down across from them carrying a copy of Vogue.I didn't find out the truth until much later.They reached the edge of the city half an hour later.Sorry, I'm busy right now - I'll speak to you later.She became ill in 1993, and died two years later.► see thesaurus at after 2 → later on 3 → not later than something Examples from the Corpus later
later in the day/week/year The dentist could fit you in later in the week. later that day/morning/week etc The baby died later that night. two years/three weeks etc later He became Senator two years later. S1 W1 adverb 1 AFTER after the time you are talking about or after the present time I’m going out for a bit – I’ll see you later.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English later lat‧er 1 / ˈleɪtə $ -ər /
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