later

Universal Words adverb, adjective adverb 1 at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about: See you later. * I met her again three years later. * His father died later that year. * We're going to Rome later in the year. * She later became a doctor. OPPEARLIER 2 (Later!) (spoken) a way of saying goodbye, used by young people: Later, guys! IDIOMS later on (informal) at a time in the future; after the time you are talking about: I'm going out later on. * Much later on, she realized what he had meant. not / no later than... by a particular time and not after it: Entries must arrive no later than 12 June. adjective [onlybeforenoun] 1 coming after sth else or at a time in the future: This is discussed in more detail in a later chapter. * The match has been postponed to a later date. 2 near the end of a period of time, life, etc: the later part of the seventeenth century * She found happiness in her later years. OPPEARLIER IDIOMS see SOON