Latter
['lætə] or ['lætɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the second of two or the second mentioned of two; 'Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today'.
(adj.) referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); 'in the latter case' .
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Definition
(a.) Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
(a.) Of two things, the one mentioned second.
(a.) Recent; modern.
(a.) Last; latest; final.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Last mentioned (of two).[2]. Recent, modern.
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Definition
adj. later: coming or existing after: mentioned the last of two: modern: recent: (Shak.) last.—adjs. Latt′er-born (Shak.) younger; Latt′er-day belonging to recent times.—adv. Latt′erly in latter time: of late.—Latter-day saints (see Mormon); Latter end (see End); Latter-mint a late kind of mint.—The former and the latter rain (see Rain).
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Examples
- The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Aye, very true, my dear, cried the latter, though Jane had not spoken a wordI was just going to say the same thing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I trust the former, answered her father hopefully; but I dread the latter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This latter task was becoming more and more difficult, for the blacks had taken to hiding their supply away at night in granaries and living huts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- James, of New York, the latter being probably its real inventor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The Laputians' great improvements in the latter. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But, the latter application was by no means a success, causing Mr Fledgeby to scream, and to cry out, 'Oh my eye! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The latter is the element that we breathe and which passes into the body, there to combine with the impurities resulting from the various life activities. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The latter was then about a mile long. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the latter certain parts of the gun were wrapped with wire in the form of a ribbon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The latter place was a large, comfortable dwelling, beautifully situated among woods about a mile to the northeast of Chesterfield. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The firm of Boulton and Watt had a successful career, and in time the sons of the two partners took the latters’ places. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Rena