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Adjective
/ˈlatər/,
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Situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning,
  1. Situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning
    • - the latter half of 1989
  2. Belonging to the final stages of something, esp. of a person's life
    • - heart disease dogged his latter years
  3. Recent
    • - the project had low cash flows in its latter years
  4. Denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things
    • - the Russians could advance into either Germany or Austria—they chose the latter option
  1. the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today"
  2. (latterly) recently: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"
  3. relating to or being the second of two items; near (or nearer) to the end; close (or closer) to the present time
  4. (latterly) Recently; to have occurred a short time before
  5. means "the last of two things mentioned": If I have to choose between brains or beauty, I'll take the latter.