later
/ˈleɪ.tɚ/ adverb A1- Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). · My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.· I arrived later than my roommate.
- At some unspecified time in the future. · I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later.
- What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen). · Compare Malay nanti (“later; if not”)· Later you fall asleep how?
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I was so sure of it that for years I have been terrified if ever he came home later than was expected.”
An instant later I had come round the end of the hedge and my eyes lit upon Mrs.
Promptly at nine o’clock the next morning the green-whiskered soldier came to them, and four minutes later they all went into the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
Later, another neighbor purchased him and allowed his feathers to grow again.
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