lateradverb
uk/ˈleɪ.tər/us/ˈleɪ.t̬ɚ/A2 at a time in the future or after the time you have mentioned:
B1 at a time in the future, or after the time you have mentioned:
not after:
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Points in time
- anytime
- as
- as and when idiom
- downstream
- during
- hour
- immediately
- in midstream idiom
- juncture
- midstream
- midway
- moment
- occasion
- once
- one
- point
- time
- time slot
- under the wire idiom
- wire
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Idiom(s)
lateradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈleɪ.tər/us/ˈleɪ.t̬ɚ/later adjective [ before noun ] (IN THE FUTURE)
B2 happening at a time in the future, or after the time you have mentioned:
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Points in time
- anytime
- as
- as and when idiom
- downstream
- during
- hour
- immediately
- in midstream idiom
- juncture
- midstream
- midway
- moment
- occasion
- once
- one
- point
- time
- time slot
- under the wire idiom
- wire
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later adjective [ before noun ] (TOWARDS THE END)
C2 happening towards the end of a period of time or the end of someone's life:
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Ends and endings
- accomplishment
- break
- break up
- cessation
- coda
- completion
- conclusion
- culminate
- death
- demise
- denouement
- end
- ending
- endpoint
- expiry
- fag
- finalize
- finish
- it'll (all) end in tears idiom
- the tail end
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later adjective [ before noun ] (RECENT)
C2 more modern or recent:
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Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rage idiom
- be having a moment idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- be the new sth idiom
- futuristic
- get with the programme idiom
- happening
- high-tech
- hip
- hipster
- minute 1
- programme
- progressive
- sharp
- space-age
- state-of-the-art
- street cred
- swinger
- swinging
- à la mode
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laterexclamation
uk/ˈleɪ.tər/us/ˈleɪ.t̬ɚ/also laters informala way of saying goodbye:
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Welcoming, greeting & greetings
- afternoon
- air kiss
- air kiss
- aloha
- bon voyage
- bye
- ciao
- five
- good afternoon
- good evening
- goodbye
- greeting
- pump sb's hand idiom
- receive
- salaam
- see/catch you later! idiom
- shake
- so long idiom
- stranger
- wotcha
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