latter
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Definition of latter
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(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
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(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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(not-comparable)Near (or nearer) to the end.
“the latter part of the century”
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(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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