Later
['leɪtə] or ['letɚ]
Definition
(adj.) coming at a subsequent time or stage; 'without ulterior argument'; 'the mood posterior to' .
(adv.) comparative of the adverb `late'; 'he stayed later than you did'.
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Definition
(n.) A brick or tile.
(a.) Compar. of Late, a. & adv.
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Examples
- It was filed in the Patent Office a few days later, but was not issued as a patent until August 30, 1887. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The chateau awoke later, as became its quality, but awoke gradually and surely. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In 1749 he drew up proposals relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania, which led, two years later, to the esta blishment of the first American Academy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A century and a half later came Wycliffe (1320-1384). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Later Holland revolted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They fulfill their destiny in issuing, later on, into specific and perceptible acts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Later on there was more grace and less coarseness in the human representations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To-morrow will see all my doubts in a fair way of being cleared up, sooner or later. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I have been a determined character in later life, and I suppose I was then. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- An instant later the mystery was explained. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Every time her hand searched for either of these, it would touch the book; and, sooner or later (who knows? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Five minutes later a lamp was lit in a room upon the first floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But it was not to the words that Eustacia listened; she could not even have recalled, a few minutes later, what the words were. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Two hours later we reached the storeroom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- When, a little later, Wildeve returned from his walk to Mistover, Thomasin said, Damon, where have you been? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He studied at Leghorn under Professor Rosa, and later at the University of Bologna with Professor Righi. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He could kill him at his leisure later, when the bow and deadly arrows were laid aside. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Of the working out of these beginnings we shall tell later. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nothing more they found, and it was a thoroughly awed and frightened group of savages which huddled around their king a few moments later. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But the Aryans, as we shall see later, were probably not the first peoples to take to the sea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This remained, however, a mere suggestion until many years later, and the one-side printing continued. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sooner or later I will solve all these problems which are now so tantalizing; but, come what may, one good thing is in store for me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Later, the bowl became more pointed, the drop was replaced by a tongue, and the handle, after 1760, instead of slightly curving to the front at the end, reversed the position. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nine years later Sir Isaac Newton, having studied Gregory’s plans, built the first reflecting telescope, which is now to be seen in the hall of the Royal Society in London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I learned later, when I had moved further south, that Belmont had caused more mourning than almost any other battle up to that time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Years later he wrote to his mother: After all, the way in which we are taught Latin and Greek does not much influence the important st ructure of our minds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The hunters of the third and last stage of the later Pal?olithic Age appear to have supplemented a diminishing food supply by fishing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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