- the second of two things or people mentioned
- He presented two solutions. The latter seems much better.
- The town has a concert hall and two theatres. The latter were both built in the 1950s.
Word OriginOld English lætra ‘slower’, comparative of læt, of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus ‘weary’ and let.Definitions on the go
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