later

Etymology

* Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er. * Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).

adv

1. comparative form of late: more late
   You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.
2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
   My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.
   I arrived later than my roommate.
3. At some unspecified time in the future.
   I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.

adj

1. comparative form of late: more late
   Jim was later than John.
2. Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
   The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.
3. Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
   I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later.
4. At some time in the future.
   The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

intj

1. (slang) See you later; goodbye.
   Later, dude.