latter

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6
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7
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6
Pronunciation
/ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/
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/ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/ · /ˈlæt.ɚ/ · [ˈlæɾ.ɚ]

Definition of latter

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to or being the second of 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).”
    “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.”
    “the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to or being the second of 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).”
    “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.”
    “the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior”
  2. (not-comparable)Near (or nearer) to the end.
    “the latter part of the century”
  3. (not-comparable)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 […]?”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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.

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