latter

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UK /ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/ US /ˈlæt.ɚ/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

above, better, expensive, faithful, former, half, important, inferior

The latter half of the movie was much better than the first part.

VERB + LATTER

nourishing, plan, prefer, sense, shopping, well-shapen

I prefer the latter option because it seemed more practical for our situation.

LATTER + NOUN

fortune, less, story

She enjoyed reading the latter story more than the first one in the collection.

PREP.

in, in, than, with

She preferred working with the latter option because it was more practical.

Definitions

adj

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.

Near (or nearer) to the end.

the latter part of the century

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 […]?

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

former

Idioms & Phrases

at latter Lammas

Never.

Example Bank

The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though).

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior

Wiktionary

Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.

Tatoeba · #19362

Love is above money. The latter can't give as much happiness as the former.

Tatoeba · #28689

I prefer the former plan to the latter.

Tatoeba · #35451

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