"latter" meaning in English

See latter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/ (note: non-rhotic), /ˈlæt.əɹ/ [General-American], [ˈlæɾ.ɚ] [General-American] Audio: en-us-latter.ogg
enPR: lăt'ə (note: r) Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”). Doublet of later; also, cognate with last, whose doublet is latest. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|lætra}} Old English lætra Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} latter (not comparable)
  1. Relating to or being the second of two items. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to or being the second of two items): на второ място (na vtoro mjasto) (Bulgarian), segon (Catalan), ponent (Catalan), 後者 (Chinese Mandarin), 后者 (hòuzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), laatstgenoemd (Dutch), seinni (Faroese), jälkimmäinen (Finnish), jäljempi (Finnish), letzterer (German), zweiter (German), utóbbi (Hungarian), második (Hungarian), secondo [masculine] (Italian), quest'ultimo (Italian), 後者 (kōsha) (alt: こうしゃ) (Japanese), 후자 (huja) (Korean), ettri (Norn), sistnevnt (Norwegian Bokmål), sistnemnd (Norwegian Nynorsk), aiceste (Occitan), este (Occitan), aqueste (Occitan), دومی (dovvomi) (Persian), drugi (z dwóch) (Polish), segundo (Portuguese), último (Portuguese), este (Portuguese), второ́й (vtorój) (Russian), segundo [masculine] (Spanish), éste [masculine] (Spanish), ésta [feminine] (Spanish), sistnämnda (Swedish), andra (Swedish), senare (Swedish), sau (Vietnamese), thứ hai (Vietnamese), thứ nhì (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-latter-en-adj-vvNM7DI7 Disambiguation of 'relating to or being the second of two items': 98 2 1
  2. Near (or nearer) to the end. Tags: not-comparable Translations (near (or nearer) to the end): laatste (Dutch), jäljempi (Finnish), letztere (German), későbbi (Hungarian), hátrébb lévő (Hungarian), mātāmuri (Maori), sist (Norwegian), późniejszy (Polish), końcowy (Polish), ostatni [masculine] (Polish), после́дний (poslédnij) (Russian), último [masculine] (Spanish), este último [masculine] (Spanish), esta última [feminine] (Spanish), sau cùng (Vietnamese)
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  3. In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time. Tags: not-comparable Translations (close (or closer) to the present time): неотдавнашен (neotdavnašen) (Bulgarian), jongstleden (Dutch), dichtsbijzijnde (Dutch), myöhempi (Finnish), dernier (French), letzter (German), utóbbi (Hungarian), újabb (Hungarian), ostatni [masculine] (Polish), после́дний (poslédnij) (Russian), более поздний (bóleje pózdnij) (Russian), último (Spanish), gần đây (Vietnamese), mới đây (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-latter-en-adj-A7TFMkKX Disambiguation of 'close (or closer) to the present time': 1 17 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: at latter Lammas, latter end, lattermost Related terms: last (english: latter; the superlative form of), latter-day, latterly, lattermath
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          "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
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          "word": "sist"
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          "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
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          "roman": "poslédnij",
          "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
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          "text": "Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania […]?",
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    "Terms with Faroese translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
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    "Terms with Persian translations",
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      "word": "ponent"
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "後者"
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
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      "word": "laatstgenoemd"
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "seinni"
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "jälkimmäinen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "jäljempi"
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      "lang": "French",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "letzterer"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "zweiter"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "utóbbi"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "második"
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      "word": "sistnevnt"
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      "word": "دومی"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "drugi (z dwóch)"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "segundo"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "último"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "este"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "sistnämnda"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "senare"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "sau"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "thứ hai"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "relating to or being the second of two items",
      "word": "thứ nhì"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "laatste"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "jäljempi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "note": "dernier (usually preceded by the determiner ce)",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "letztere"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "későbbi"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "hátrébb lévő"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "mātāmuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "sist"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "późniejszy"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "końcowy"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostatni"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslédnij",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "после́дний"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "último"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "este último"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "esta última"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "near (or nearer) to the end",
      "word": "sau cùng"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neotdavnašen",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "неотдавнашен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "jongstleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "dichtsbijzijnde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "myöhempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "dernier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "letzter"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "utóbbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "újabb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ostatni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslédnij",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "после́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bóleje pózdnij",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "более поздний"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "último"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "gần đây"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "close (or closer) to the present time",
      "word": "mới đây"
    }
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}

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  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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