- 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.
- I discovered later that he'd known all about it from the beginning.
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- Later!(British English also Laters!)(informal) a way of saying goodbye, used by young people
- Later, guys!
Idioms
See later in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee later in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishlater 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
- Please arrive no later than 8 o'clock.
sooner or later
- at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when
- Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.
sooner rather than later
- after a short time rather than after a long time
- We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.
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