later
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "later"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇

at a time following the current or mentioned moment, without specifying exactly when
later definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She will finish her homework later tonight.
āϏ⧇ āφāϜ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇

at some time after a specific moment or event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He made the decision hastily, but he later regretted it.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϤāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇

at a time following the present or an earlier time compared to another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train arrived later than it was scheduled, causing delays for passengers.
āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻĒāϰ⧇

occurring at a more advanced time or stage
later definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The student submitted the assignment during the later part of the day.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāχāύāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

coming after an earlier version or time period
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In later models, the car's fuel efficiency was significantly improved.
āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŽāĻĄā§‡āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ

happening after the present or an earlier point compared to another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting was scheduled for a time later than originally planned.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ

occurring toward the end of a period of time, life, or event

latter

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The invention of the steam engine happened in the later years of the Industrial Revolution.
āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇

used as a casual way to say goodbye to someone you expect to meet or speak with again in the near future
later definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Later, dude! See you tomorrow.
āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĻā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϤ! āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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