lateradv.adj.int.

Brit.

/ˈleɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈleɪdər/

Forms: 1500s laiter (Scottish), 1500s–1600s laitter (Scottish), 1500s– later, 1600s leater (Scottish).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: late adv., late adj.¹, -er suffix³.

Etymology: Probably < late adv. or late adj.¹ + -er suffix³, although some instances may represent the reflex of Old English lator, adverb (see latter adj., adv., and n.). Compare earlier latter adj., adv., and n., and also never the latter adv.Formally, the modern English adverb could show the direct reflex of Old English lator (adverb), with open syllable lengthening of the inherited short stem vowel in early Middle English. However, the Middle English evidence strongly suggests that such lengthening frequently failed in this word, probably influenced by forms of the corresponding comparative adjective latter adj., in which shortness of the inherited stem vowel was regularly preserved (see discussion at latter adj., adv., and n.). Hence, it is likely that the word represents a new formation on the positive (late adv. and late adj.¹) in early modern English (after latter adv. had become rare), especially in uses expressing full comparative force. Because of the ambiguity of the spelling later (even as late as the 17th cent.) it is possible that some of the early modern English examples included in this entry may rather belong at latter adj., adv., and n. (all pre-1500 examples of such spellings have been assigned to that entry).

A. adv.

1. At or until a later time or period; subsequently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later

sitheneOE

aftereOE

sithOE

eftOE

latterOE

aftOE

sithencea1170

sithrec1175

thereup?c1225

baftc1275

furtherc1290

eftsoon1297

therewithala1300

afterwardc1300

afterwardsc1300

soc1300

therewithc1369

eftersoonsa1400

suingly?a1425

at after1425

followingly?c1425

afterhand1438

syne1489

by posteriority1523

in sequel1524

still1526

later1527

subsequently1537

senthis?1553

lately1565

subsequent1568

behindc1600

sequelarly1600

posterior1628

in prosecutiona1641

subsequentiallya1683

artera1746

posteriorly1799

ulteriorly1818

later on1829

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Miij/2 The best parte of his dystyllacyon is onely the rote chopped and dystylled in the ende of the May and not later.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. ii. 1–2 Christe is no where knowen later or with more difficultie, than in..princes courtes.

?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Uiij I haue wakit laiter thairvp then I wald haue done.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 269 In May and Iune, come..Roses of all kinds, except the Muske, which comes later.

1691 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 456 They will certainly be Sluggs, not near so good Sailers as Ships made of Timber fell'd later in the Year.

1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 297 Perhaps ab^t y^e time of Edw. I. or later.

1765 J. Wesley Let. 18 Nov. (1931) IV. 315 Never sit up later than ten o'clock.

1790 Trans. Soc. Arts 8 32 [These] Peas..ripen later, and become so unkindly that the pods..never fill.

1839 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 26 344 He roused up about 7 o'clock last evening, rather later than on the two previous evenings.

1878 B. Disraeli in W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1920) VI. 260 I'm too ill and achy to be out later.

1939 N. Kleitman Sleep & Wakefulness xiii. 178 They..habitually ‘underslept’ during work days and made up for it by sleeping later on rest days.

1947 Sat. Evening Post 8 Mar. 18/3 Later he saw a bit of fighting in the Philippines, north of Manila.

1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time vi. 84 Yvonne was slipping away. She stayed out later and later, then finally all night.

2. Preceded by an adverbial phrase of time: after the specified amount of time.

ΚΠ

1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast Answere to Horne's Pref. f. 4 Yet he him selfe in the meane tyme runneth at large, almoste one thowsande yeares Later.

1648 J. Raymond Itinerary Voy. Italy 183 Some two houres later, wee came to Mal Albergo, an infamous Inne.

1689 G. Walker True Acct. Siege London-Derry 15 A Fortnight later, we receiv'd a Potent to March to St. Johnstown.

1746 T. Nugent tr. C. Lancelot et al. New Method of learning Greek Tongue I. Pref. p. xl He wrote his Antiquities some Time later.

1787 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 362/1 An answer..which, though dated 20th November, 1765, was not published until several months later.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 518 Three days later the King informed the House that [etc.].

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 127 A foretaste of what was to come fifteen years later.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 13/2 Five minutes later the cops had me.

1950 R. A. Heinlein Farmer in Sky ii. 25 A while later I tried to call him at his office.

2011 Church Times 21 Jan. 22/3 Years later, a Josephite nun showed me how to scan Latin poetry.

3. later on: at a later time or period, subsequently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later

sitheneOE

aftereOE

sithOE

eftOE

latterOE

aftOE

sithencea1170

sithrec1175

thereup?c1225

baftc1275

furtherc1290

eftsoon1297

therewithala1300

afterwardc1300

afterwardsc1300

soc1300

therewithc1369

eftersoonsa1400

suingly?a1425

at after1425

followingly?c1425

afterhand1438

syne1489

by posteriority1523

in sequel1524

still1526

later1527

subsequently1537

senthis?1553

lately1565

subsequent1568

behindc1600

sequelarly1600

posterior1628

in prosecutiona1641

subsequentiallya1683

artera1746

posteriorly1799

ulteriorly1818

later on1829

1829 J. Major Treat. Insects 94 It is probable the trees may be infested later on in the season.

1842 F. W. Faber Sights & Thoughts in Foreign Churches ii. 290 Later on, when she did not altogether remember her heritage of suffering.., even in that day was she..yet the servant of the poor.

1882 Times 12 July 5 The Admiral ran up the signal..and later on sent the Bittern and Beacon to assist in the work.

1920 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 218 The ruling race absorbed large numbers of Christians, Greeks, Slavs, and later on Albanians and Bosniacs.

1952 W. S. Burroughs Let. 22 Apr. (1993) 121 Better save my letters, maybe we can get out a book of them later on when I have a rep.

2004 Guardian 19 Apr. i. 20/1 Later on, we saw Egyptian and red-necked nightjars.

B. adj.

1. More late; existing or occurring after something expressed or implied; belonging to the latter part of a period, process, etc.; further advanced in time; more recent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > later

overeOE

latterOE

posterior1534

later1542

lateward1577

elder1597

inferior1641

ulterior1646

1542 tr. A. Geuffroy Order Greate Turckes Courte To Rdr. sig. *iii^v There is also another later example, which semeth more notable than that I can ouerpasse it.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 119 I have folowed Ptolomæus in certaine pointes..In th' other, I have used later writers travelles.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 5 The laitter historiographors.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 41 Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the Buskind stage.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 75 This seems to be of later date than that of Canorein.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 419. ¶5 The Darkness and Superstition of later Ages.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 525 The ancient name was eclipsed by a later title.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 8 The strange and sinister method of assault upon religion which we of a later day watch with wondering eyes.

1878 R. H. Hutton Scott ii. 19 The later border songs of his own country.

1919 M. K. Bradby Psycho-anal. x. 123 If we fail to discover what a dream figure symbolises, later dreams are likely to supply the clue.

1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. i. 13 This becomes furiously active in the later stages of cell division.

2002 Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 76 Preeclampsia..is twice as common in first pregnancies as during later pregnancies.

2. spec. Of a creative work: produced in the latter part of the creator's career. Also designating a creative artist at this stage of his or her career. Cf. late adj.¹ 9c.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > [adjective] > late

later1604

late1851

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > composed in words > near end of career

later1604

late1851

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [adjective] > portion of artist's life > specific

later1604

society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [adjective] > near end of career

late1851

later1958

1604 Abp. G. Abbot Reasons Dr. Hill Vnmasked x. 420 How many were the heresies of Tertullian, while in all his later workes, he raveth vpon the Paraclete of Montanus?

1777 W. Cowper Let. 25 May (1979) I. 269 His later Epistles I think are worth little as such, but might be turn'd to excellent Account by a Young Student of Taste & Judgement.

1885 Manch. Examiner 22 July 3/2 The inventive grotesquerie of his [sc. Gustave Doré's] later work.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 175 This lack of rapport between the tune and harmony is particularly noticeable in some of the later works of Bartók.

1958 Listener 28 Aug. 310/3 His paintings are at present too close to the later Picasso to be taken quite seriously.

1991 P. Otto (title) Constructive vision and visionary deconstruction. Los, eternity, and the productions of time in the later poetry of William Blake.

C. int.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Used when parting: ‘see you later’.

ΚΠ

1954 Time 8 Nov. 42 Later, catchall word for ‘I'll be seeing you’; also used at the end of letters.

1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz x. 346 Later, parting phrase, short for ‘I'll see you later’.

1972 J. Maryland in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 214 The players all started heading for the door, stating, ‘Peace,’ ‘Later,’ ‘Hat Time,’ ‘I'm in the wind,’ etc.

1998 T. Clancy Rainbow Six xxv. 443 ‘Eight million stories in the Naked City, man. Later,’ the patrolman said, heading for the door.

2010 B. Agbaje Off Endz xiii. 75 Later, bruv.

Phrases

P1. colloquial (originally U.S.). see you later: (as an expression at parting) ‘I'll see you later’, goodbye for the present.see you later, alligator: see alligator n.² 5b.

ΚΠ

1878 Harvard Lampoon 1 Feb. 114/2 O, thank you, thank you! Don't mention it. Excuse me; see you later.

1900 Smart Set July 14/1 Ta-ta! See you later, Caroline!

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 223 Tooraloo, Lenehan said, see you later.

1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Christmas Special 64 Grandad. I'm off out now, see you later. Del. Yeah tadda Grandad.

2014 V. Bergin Rain ii. 28 ‘See you later, hon,’ said Ronnie. ‘See you later, babes,’ I said. Just like we always did.

P2. U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American usage) later for ——: used as an expression of cursory dismissal (originally with the suggestion that the thing specified need not be considered or dealt with at the moment); ‘to hell with—’, ‘forget—’. Often in later for that.

ΚΠ

1953 Los Angeles Sentinel 5 Feb. C4/5 Hear the former Inez (Weaver) and her other half, Don, have decided to call it later for the happenings.

1954 E. Fitzgerald in Later (MS transcript of song) (O.E.D. Archive) Later for the happenings, baby.

1963 H. S. Thompson Let. 25 Oct. in Proud Highway (1997) 406 The punks are hiring everybody they can't bury... Later for them.

1973 ‘D. Ellington’ Music is my Mistress i. 9 So later for that! At this point, piano was not my recognized talent.

1986 B. Marsalis in Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. A jazz record only takes a week, it's real-time music. Later for that overdub shit.

1998 R. Price Freedomland ii. xi. 194 ‘You can't drink here.’.. ‘If I was..Pepsis, you wouldn't be saying shit, so later for that.’

2013 J. Ben Kai'Ro x. 100 Man, later for this! I told you I ain't goin' down there again.

P3. buy now pay later and variants: see now adv., conj., n.¹, and adj. Phrases 6. sooner or later: see soon adv. 9c.

Compounds

C1. Uses of the adverb preceding participles to form adjectives, as later-born, later-coming, later-flowering, etc. Cf. late adv. Compounds 1.

ΚΠ

1599 J. Rainolds Overthrow Stage-playes 155 Paul afterward grew..to say that hee had the prerogative of beeing first, and that new-sprong and later-come ought rather to obey him.

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole i. ix. 73 This later flowring Daffodill hath his leaues somewhat narrow & long.

1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. v. ii. 254 There is a Logicall possibility that any of these later known things may be away, without hurting those that were known before.

1785 T. Martyn in tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxi. 308 The third is a taller, genteeler, later-flowering plant.

1823 in J. Baillie Coll. of Poems 273 Leave we the clouds of ancient story, For scenes of later-parted glory.

1885 Trans. Clin. Soc. 18 375 Twenty-nine of Demme's children were first-born children, 17 were second-born, and 11 were later-born children.

1949 H. Wilcox White Stranger ii. 29 The Torajas are therefore called Proto-Malaysians, to distinguish them from the later-coming Buginese and others.

2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True i. 5 (caption) Species that were the common ancestors between later-evolved forms.

C2. Compounds of the adjective.

later end n. = latter end n. (a) at latter adj., adv., and n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1737 W. Barrowby tr. J. Astruc Treat. of Venereal Dis. II. iv. vi. 97 We must diligently take care that this [sc. catamenia] may happen towards the later end of the cure.

1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen (1891) I. xxiii. 278 Your fader has either taken leave of his senses, or he's fey, or thinks his later end is nigh.

1998 A. Murray Suicide in Middle Ages I. p. vii The later end of the period is blurred by the belief, which I was taught young, that the Middle Ages ended in 1485.

later life n. a later period in life; the latter part of a person's life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > period or stage of life > specific

later life1691

working yearsa1817

history1822

past1827

afterlife1834

mirror stage1949

mirror phase1968

1691 M. Morgan Poem to Queen 15 His later Life his former did reproach, When his great Soul did sink into Debauch.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 110 In early days the conscience has in most A quickness, which in later life is lost.

1879 Cincinnati Lancet & Clinic 1 Nov. 367/2 The acute [nephritis] is a disease of later life.

1941 E. Wilson Wound & Bow i. 61 Dickens had a strain of the ham in him, and, in the desperation of his later life, he gave in to the old ham and let him rip.

2012 Church Times 17 Aug. 22/1 The gallery held an exhibition of the Italian painter Simone Martini, who spent his later life in Avignon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	later
释义	lateradv.adj.int. Brit. /ˈleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈleɪdər/ Forms: 1500s laiter (Scottish), 1500s–1600s laitter (Scottish), 1500s– later, 1600s leater (Scottish). Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: late adv., late adj.¹, -er suffix³. Etymology: Probably < late adv. or late adj.¹ + -er suffix³, although some instances may represent the reflex of Old English lator, adverb (see latter adj., adv., and n.). Compare earlier latter adj., adv., and n., and also never the latter adv.Formally, the modern English adverb could show the direct reflex of Old English lator (adverb), with open syllable lengthening of the inherited short stem vowel in early Middle English. However, the Middle English evidence strongly suggests that such lengthening frequently failed in this word, probably influenced by forms of the corresponding comparative adjective latter adj., in which shortness of the inherited stem vowel was regularly preserved (see discussion at latter adj., adv., and n.). Hence, it is likely that the word represents a new formation on the positive (late adv. and late adj.¹) in early modern English (after latter adv. had become rare), especially in uses expressing full comparative force. Because of the ambiguity of the spelling later (even as late as the 17th cent.) it is possible that some of the early modern English examples included in this entry may rather belong at latter adj., adv., and n. (all pre-1500 examples of such spellings have been assigned to that entry). A. adv. 1. At or until a later time or period; subsequently. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later sitheneOE aftereOE sithOE eftOE latterOE aftOE sithencea1170 sithrec1175 thereup?c1225 baftc1275 furtherc1290 eftsoon1297 therewithala1300 afterwardc1300 afterwardsc1300 soc1300 therewithc1369 eftersoonsa1400 suingly?a1425 at after1425 followingly?c1425 afterhand1438 syne1489 by posteriority1523 in sequel1524 still1526 later1527 subsequently1537 senthis?1553 lately1565 subsequent1568 behindc1600 sequelarly1600 posterior1628 in prosecutiona1641 subsequentiallya1683 artera1746 posteriorly1799 ulteriorly1818 later on1829 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Miij/2 The best parte of his dystyllacyon is onely the rote chopped and dystylled in the ende of the May and not later. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. ii. 1–2 Christe is no where knowen later or with more difficultie, than in..princes courtes. ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Uiij I haue wakit laiter thairvp then I wald haue done. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 269 In May and Iune, come..Roses of all kinds, except the Muske, which comes later. 1691 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 456 They will certainly be Sluggs, not near so good Sailers as Ships made of Timber fell'd later in the Year. 1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 297 Perhaps ab^t y^e time of Edw. I. or later. 1765 J. Wesley Let. 18 Nov. (1931) IV. 315 Never sit up later than ten o'clock. 1790 Trans. Soc. Arts 8 32 [These] Peas..ripen later, and become so unkindly that the pods..never fill. 1839 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 26 344 He roused up about 7 o'clock last evening, rather later than on the two previous evenings. 1878 B. Disraeli in W. F. Monypenny & G. E. Buckle Life Disraeli (1920) VI. 260 I'm too ill and achy to be out later. 1939 N. Kleitman Sleep & Wakefulness xiii. 178 They..habitually ‘underslept’ during work days and made up for it by sleeping later on rest days. 1947 Sat. Evening Post 8 Mar. 18/3 Later he saw a bit of fighting in the Philippines, north of Manila. 1994 B. A. Staples Parallel Time vi. 84 Yvonne was slipping away. She stayed out later and later, then finally all night. 2. Preceded by an adverbial phrase of time: after the specified amount of time. ΚΠ 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast Answere to Horne's Pref. f. 4 Yet he him selfe in the meane tyme runneth at large, almoste one thowsande yeares Later. 1648 J. Raymond Itinerary Voy. Italy 183 Some two houres later, wee came to Mal Albergo, an infamous Inne. 1689 G. Walker True Acct. Siege London-Derry 15 A Fortnight later, we receiv'd a Potent to March to St. Johnstown. 1746 T. Nugent tr. C. Lancelot et al. New Method of learning Greek Tongue I. Pref. p. xl He wrote his Antiquities some Time later. 1787 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 362/1 An answer..which, though dated 20th November, 1765, was not published until several months later. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 518 Three days later the King informed the House that [etc.]. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 127 A foretaste of what was to come fifteen years later. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 13/2 Five minutes later the cops had me. 1950 R. A. Heinlein Farmer in Sky ii. 25 A while later I tried to call him at his office. 2011 Church Times 21 Jan. 22/3 Years later, a Josephite nun showed me how to scan Latin poetry. 3. later on: at a later time or period, subsequently. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later sitheneOE aftereOE sithOE eftOE latterOE aftOE sithencea1170 sithrec1175 thereup?c1225 baftc1275 furtherc1290 eftsoon1297 therewithala1300 afterwardc1300 afterwardsc1300 soc1300 therewithc1369 eftersoonsa1400 suingly?a1425 at after1425 followingly?c1425 afterhand1438 syne1489 by posteriority1523 in sequel1524 still1526 later1527 subsequently1537 senthis?1553 lately1565 subsequent1568 behindc1600 sequelarly1600 posterior1628 in prosecutiona1641 subsequentiallya1683 artera1746 posteriorly1799 ulteriorly1818 later on1829 1829 J. Major Treat. Insects 94 It is probable the trees may be infested later on in the season. 1842 F. W. Faber Sights & Thoughts in Foreign Churches ii. 290 Later on, when she did not altogether remember her heritage of suffering.., even in that day was she..yet the servant of the poor. 1882 Times 12 July 5 The Admiral ran up the signal..and later on sent the Bittern and Beacon to assist in the work. 1920 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 218 The ruling race absorbed large numbers of Christians, Greeks, Slavs, and later on Albanians and Bosniacs. 1952 W. S. Burroughs Let. 22 Apr. (1993) 121 Better save my letters, maybe we can get out a book of them later on when I have a rep. 2004 Guardian 19 Apr. i. 20/1 Later on, we saw Egyptian and red-necked nightjars. B. adj. 1. More late; existing or occurring after something expressed or implied; belonging to the latter part of a period, process, etc.; further advanced in time; more recent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > later overeOE latterOE posterior1534 later1542 lateward1577 elder1597 inferior1641 ulterior1646 1542 tr. A. Geuffroy Order Greate Turckes Courte To Rdr. sig. iii^v There is also another later example, which semeth more notable than that I can ouerpasse it. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse* 119 I have folowed Ptolomæus in certaine pointes..In th' other, I have used later writers travelles. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 5 The laitter historiographors. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 41 Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the Buskind stage. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 75 This seems to be of later date than that of Canorein. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 419. ¶5 The Darkness and Superstition of later Ages. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 525 The ancient name was eclipsed by a later title. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 8 The strange and sinister method of assault upon religion which we of a later day watch with wondering eyes. 1878 R. H. Hutton Scott ii. 19 The later border songs of his own country. 1919 M. K. Bradby Psycho-anal. x. 123 If we fail to discover what a dream figure symbolises, later dreams are likely to supply the clue. 1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. i. 13 This becomes furiously active in the later stages of cell division. 2002 Ladies' Home Jrnl. May 76 Preeclampsia..is twice as common in first pregnancies as during later pregnancies. 2. spec. Of a creative work: produced in the latter part of the creator's career. Also designating a creative artist at this stage of his or her career. Cf. late adj.¹ 9c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > [adjective] > late later1604 late1851 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > composed in words > near end of career later1604 late1851 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [adjective] > portion of artist's life > specific later1604 society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [adjective] > near end of career late1851 later1958 1604 Abp. G. Abbot Reasons Dr. Hill Vnmasked x. 420 How many were the heresies of Tertullian, while in all his later workes, he raveth vpon the Paraclete of Montanus? 1777 W. Cowper Let. 25 May (1979) I. 269 His later Epistles I think are worth little as such, but might be turn'd to excellent Account by a Young Student of Taste & Judgement. 1885 Manch. Examiner 22 July 3/2 The inventive grotesquerie of his [sc. Gustave Doré's] later work. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 175 This lack of rapport between the tune and harmony is particularly noticeable in some of the later works of Bartók. 1958 Listener 28 Aug. 310/3 His paintings are at present too close to the later Picasso to be taken quite seriously. 1991 P. Otto (title) Constructive vision and visionary deconstruction. Los, eternity, and the productions of time in the later poetry of William Blake. C. int. colloquial (originally U.S.). Used when parting: ‘see you later’. ΚΠ 1954 Time 8 Nov. 42 Later, catchall word for ‘I'll be seeing you’; also used at the end of letters. 1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz x. 346 Later, parting phrase, short for ‘I'll see you later’. 1972 J. Maryland in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 214 The players all started heading for the door, stating, ‘Peace,’ ‘Later,’ ‘Hat Time,’ ‘I'm in the wind,’ etc. 1998 T. Clancy Rainbow Six xxv. 443 ‘Eight million stories in the Naked City, man. Later,’ the patrolman said, heading for the door. 2010 B. Agbaje Off Endz xiii. 75 Later, bruv. Phrases P1. colloquial (originally U.S.). see you later: (as an expression at parting) ‘I'll see you later’, goodbye for the present.see you later, alligator: see alligator n.² 5b. ΚΠ 1878 Harvard Lampoon 1 Feb. 114/2 O, thank you, thank you! Don't mention it. Excuse me; see you later. 1900 Smart Set July 14/1 Ta-ta! See you later, Caroline! 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 223 Tooraloo, Lenehan said, see you later. 1981 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 1st Ser. Christmas Special 64 Grandad. I'm off out now, see you later. Del. Yeah tadda Grandad. 2014 V. Bergin Rain ii. 28 ‘See you later, hon,’ said Ronnie. ‘See you later, babes,’ I said. Just like we always did. P2. U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American usage) later for ——: used as an expression of cursory dismissal (originally with the suggestion that the thing specified need not be considered or dealt with at the moment); ‘to hell with—’, ‘forget—’. Often in later for that. ΚΠ 1953 Los Angeles Sentinel 5 Feb. C4/5 Hear the former Inez (Weaver) and her other half, Don, have decided to call it later for the happenings. 1954 E. Fitzgerald in Later (MS transcript of song) (O.E.D. Archive) Later for the happenings, baby. 1963 H. S. Thompson Let. 25 Oct. in Proud Highway (1997) 406 The punks are hiring everybody they can't bury... Later for them. 1973 ‘D. Ellington’ Music is my Mistress i. 9 So later for that! At this point, piano was not my recognized talent. 1986 B. Marsalis in Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. A jazz record only takes a week, it's real-time music. Later for that overdub shit. 1998 R. Price Freedomland ii. xi. 194 ‘You can't drink here.’.. ‘If I was..Pepsis, you wouldn't be saying shit, so later for that.’ 2013 J. Ben Kai'Ro x. 100 Man, later for this! I told you I ain't goin' down there again. P3. buy now pay later and variants: see now adv., conj., n.¹, and adj. Phrases 6. sooner or later: see soon adv. 9c. Compounds C1. Uses of the adverb preceding participles to form adjectives, as later-born, later-coming, later-flowering, etc. Cf. late adv. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1599 J. Rainolds Overthrow Stage-playes 155 Paul afterward grew..to say that hee had the prerogative of beeing first, and that new-sprong and later-come ought rather to obey him. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole i. ix. 73 This later flowring Daffodill hath his leaues somewhat narrow & long. 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. v. ii. 254 There is a Logicall possibility that any of these later known things may be away, without hurting those that were known before. 1785 T. Martyn in tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxi. 308 The third is a taller, genteeler, later-flowering plant. 1823 in J. Baillie Coll. of Poems 273 Leave we the clouds of ancient story, For scenes of later-parted glory. 1885 Trans. Clin. Soc. 18 375 Twenty-nine of Demme's children were first-born children, 17 were second-born, and 11 were later-born children. 1949 H. Wilcox White Stranger ii. 29 The Torajas are therefore called Proto-Malaysians, to distinguish them from the later-coming Buginese and others. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True i. 5 (caption) Species that were the common ancestors between later-evolved forms. C2. Compounds of the adjective. later end n. = latter end n. (a) at latter adj., adv., and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1737 W. Barrowby tr. J. Astruc Treat. of Venereal Dis. II. iv. vi. 97 We must diligently take care that this [sc. catamenia] may happen towards the later end of the cure. 1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen (1891) I. xxiii. 278 Your fader has either taken leave of his senses, or he's fey, or thinks his later end is nigh. 1998 A. Murray Suicide in Middle Ages I. p. vii The later end of the period is blurred by the belief, which I was taught young, that the Middle Ages ended in 1485. later life n. a later period in life; the latter part of a person's life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [noun] > period or stage of life > specific later life1691 working yearsa1817 history1822 past1827 afterlife1834 mirror stage1949 mirror phase1968 1691 M. Morgan Poem to Queen 15 His later Life his former did reproach, When his great Soul did sink into Debauch. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 110 In early days the conscience has in most A quickness, which in later life is lost. View more context for this quotation 1879 Cincinnati Lancet & Clinic 1 Nov. 367/2 The acute [nephritis] is a disease of later life. 1941 E. Wilson Wound & Bow i. 61 Dickens had a strain of the ham in him, and, in the desperation of his later life, he gave in to the old ham and let him rip. 2012 Church Times 17 Aug. 22/1 The gallery held an exhibition of the Italian painter Simone Martini, who spent his later life in Avignon. 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