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Definition of "later" []

  • Subsequently; afterward. Often used with on: She arrived on the ferry, and he came later. He later felt that he was wrong. Later on, we watched a movie. (adverb)
  • Informal Used to express goodbye. (interjection)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "later" in a sentence
  • "LOVES "One for now & one for later" * .... * jealous I don't have chips for now OR later*"
  • "i will update more later ... i have conversing and cookies and milk ... later*"
  • "Or was the term later applied to music of the kind first called jazz in Chicago?"