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单词 later
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lateradverb

uk/ˈleɪ.tər/us/ˈleɪ.t̬ɚ/

A2 at a time in the future or after the time you have mentioned:

He'll be back later.
We could always go later in the season.
Police questioned him and he was later arrested.
later on

B1 at a time in the future, or after the time you have mentioned:

What are you doing later on this evening?
Shall I go and fetch her later on?
Later on, we could go and have a meal if you like.
no/not later than

not after:

She said she'd prefer us to arrive no later than nine o'clock.

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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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In the future & soon
Before, after and already

Idiom(s)

see/catch you later!

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:

We could catch a later train.
You can always change your password at a later date.

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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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In the future & soon
Before, after and already

later adjective [ before noun ] (TOWARDS THE END)

C2 happening towards the end of a period of time or the end of someone's life:

He needed round-the-clock care in the later stages of his illness.
During his later years, he lived in Cape Town.

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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:

Later versions of the software are much better.
Later models included a 2.5 litre engine.
I prefer her earlier paintings to her later work.

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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 informal

a way of saying goodbye:

Laters, Mike.

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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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