latter
/ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)//ˈlæt.ɚ/
latter adjective: near (or nearer) to the end.
Adjective
latter (not comparable)
- Near (or nearer) to the end.
- the latter part of the century
- In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
- In his latter years my dad became very absent-minded.
- Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania […]?1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- later
Noun
latter
- The second of aforementioned two items.
- The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though).
- the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […]...
latter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
latter in Hindi
- बाद वाला
latter in Tamil
- பின்னவர், பிந்தையது, பிந்தின
latter in Urdu
- الآخیر, بعد کا
latter in Bengali
- আধুনিক, সাম্প্রতিক, অপেক্ষাকৃত পরবর্তী, অপেক্ষাকৃত বিলম্বিত
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- latter in Malayalam
- പിന്നീടുളള, അന്തിമ, ഏറ്റവും അടുത്തുള്ള
- latter in Kannada
- ಎರಡನೆಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಯಾ ವಸ್ತು, ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ, ಈಗೀಗಿನ, ಇಂದಿನ ದಿನಗಳ
- latter in Punjabi
- ਮਗਰਲਾ magralā
- latter in Persian
- دومی dovvomi
- latter in Vietnamese
- sau, thứ hai, thứ nhì, sau cùng
Examples of latter in a sentence
- On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.2017 March, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival.”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 23...
- Ramsay and Lil Nas X’s panini party comes less than two weeks after the latter had jokingly asked the “Masterchef” star to make a guest appearance on the remix of his latest single, “Panini.”2019 July 5, Michael Bartiromo, “Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X meet up to make panini sandwiches, play with knives”, in Fox News, archived...
Synonyms of latter
Antonyms
Origin of latter
From Middle English latter, lattere, lattre, from Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”). Equivalent to late + -er, thus a doublet of later; also, related to last, whose doublet is latest.
Words formed from latter
Phrases with latter
Words that rhyme with latter
Questions about latter
- What does latter mean?
- Latter means near (or nearer) to the end.
- What is latter in Hindi?
- Latter in Hindi is बाद वाला. See Latter meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use latter in a sentence?
- On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.
- What part of speech is latter?
- Latter can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce latter?
- Latter is pronounced /ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/.
Words near latter in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: latter (page history and authors); latter (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); latter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); latter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); latter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); latter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮਗਰਲਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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