Usually means: Subsequent to the present time.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word later:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. later: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. -later, later: Merriam-Webster
  3. -later, later: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. later: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. later: Collins English Dictionary
  6. later: Vocabulary.com
  7. Later, later: Wordnik
  8. later: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. later: Wiktionary
  10. later: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. later: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Later, later: Dictionary.com
  13. later: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Later (magazine), Later (talk show), Later: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Later: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. later: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. later: Rhymezone
  18. later, later: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. later: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. later: FreeDictionary.org
  21. later: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. later: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. later: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -later, later-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. later: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. later: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  2. later: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. LATER: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. later: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. later, later: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Later(s): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Later: 1960's Slang
  4. later: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
▸ adverb:  At some unspecified time in the future.
▸ adjective:  Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
▸ adjective:  Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)
▸ adjective:  At some time in the future.

Similar:
after, afterwards, later on, subsequently, by and by, future, latter, last, ulterior, advanced, more...

Opposite:
earlier, sooner, previously, before, now

Types:
later today, later this week, later this month, later this year, later this decade, later this century, more...

Phrases:
later on, later years, later stage, later han, later jin, more...

Adjectives:
minutes, three, little, one, four, hours, years, much, several, pay, some

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Similar:
after, afterwards, later on, subsequently, by and by, future, latter, last, ulterior, advanced, more...

Opposite:
earlier, sooner, previously, before, now

Types:
later today, later this week, later this month, later this year, later this decade, later this century, more...

Phrases:
later on, later years, later stage, later han, later jin, sooner or later, see you later, catch you later, no/not later than, no not later than, see you later alligator, later day, Later Roman Empire, more...

Adjectives:
minutes, three, little, one, four, hours, years, much, several, pay, some

Colors:
    silver,     gray,     charcoal,     smoke,     pewter, more...



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