latteradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈlæt.ər/us/ˈlæt̬.ɚ/B2 near or towards the end of something:
Building of the new library should begin in the latter part of next year.
In the latter stages of the fight he began to tire.
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- She was born in the latter half of the 18th century.
- The latter half of the play was more interesting.
- He was killed in the latter stages of the war.
- The latter part of the book was hardest to write.
- The problems arose in the latter part of the project..
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Final and finally
- antepenultimate
- as a last resort idiom
- at the end of the day idiom
- back end
- back end
- concluding
- conclusion
- end
- eventual
- eventually
- final
- finally
- hear/see the last of sth idiom
- last-ditch
- lastly
- latest
- next to last
- the last but one idiom
- ultimately
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latternoun [ S ]
uk/ˈlæt.ər/us/ˈlæt̬.ɚ/the latter
B2 the second of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned:
She offered me more money or a car and I chose the latter.
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former noun
not standard the last of more than two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Final and finally
- antepenultimate
- as a last resort idiom
- at the end of the day idiom
- back end
- back end
- concluding
- conclusion
- end
- eventual
- eventually
- final
- finally
- hear/see the last of sth idiom
- last-ditch
- lastly
- latest
- next to last
- the last but one idiom
- ultimately
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